Name: KillArby !0Mc34dvxtM 2004-12-28 3:05
Finished watching Perfect Blue, and am left with more questions than answers!
At the end it's clear that Rumi thinks she's the "pop idol" personality of Mima, and we can guess she was responsible for the killings, including Mr. Me-mania. I'm still not clear why Mima sees Rumi as her former self and not as Rumi imitating her.
But what about all of Mima's delusions of murdering other people? Of course the intent is to mix her imagination, reality, and the TV show together to confuse the viewer, but in the end I didn't see how it added up. Was Mima cracking under the stress and imagning these crimes, that just so happened to really occur by Rumi's doing?
Like in the very ending, I thought it was part of the TV show; it seems that Mima sneaks out of the hospital (mental institution?) and leaves. If that's reality, then is Mima really (or was) crazy and has now snuck out, untreated?
Seeing that there's a book and live-action film of Perfect Blue (I haven't seen either) I'd love to know if they shed any more light on this.
And as a side note I watched the film before checking out the DVD goodies, and that it was pretty cool and screwed up that the you have the 'Mima's Room' website written from her perspective. Sure some of it was blatant advertising for Manga Corps., but it was a pretty clever presentation.
Funny though, all the reviews said this movie was supposed to be scary, likening it to Hitchcock's Psycho. It was entertaining and kept me at the edge of my seat, but was in no way frightening. I guess I was expecting (or hoping) to get the bejezus scared out of me. :-)
At the end it's clear that Rumi thinks she's the "pop idol" personality of Mima, and we can guess she was responsible for the killings, including Mr. Me-mania. I'm still not clear why Mima sees Rumi as her former self and not as Rumi imitating her.
But what about all of Mima's delusions of murdering other people? Of course the intent is to mix her imagination, reality, and the TV show together to confuse the viewer, but in the end I didn't see how it added up. Was Mima cracking under the stress and imagning these crimes, that just so happened to really occur by Rumi's doing?
Like in the very ending, I thought it was part of the TV show; it seems that Mima sneaks out of the hospital (mental institution?) and leaves. If that's reality, then is Mima really (or was) crazy and has now snuck out, untreated?
Seeing that there's a book and live-action film of Perfect Blue (I haven't seen either) I'd love to know if they shed any more light on this.
And as a side note I watched the film before checking out the DVD goodies, and that it was pretty cool and screwed up that the you have the 'Mima's Room' website written from her perspective. Sure some of it was blatant advertising for Manga Corps., but it was a pretty clever presentation.
Funny though, all the reviews said this movie was supposed to be scary, likening it to Hitchcock's Psycho. It was entertaining and kept me at the edge of my seat, but was in no way frightening. I guess I was expecting (or hoping) to get the bejezus scared out of me. :-)