HoneyHam

Perfect blue was gross, unsettling, intimate, and disorienting, depicting a profoundly real feeling story. Mima felt like a real person, with all parts of her daily life depicted on screen, both the mundane and the thrilling. Mima allowed us into her world and by the end of the film, the lines separating reality from Mima's own perceptions were extremely blurred. Through her work as an idol and an actress, she is constantly changing how she presents herself in order to best play her roles. And it is through her work in these professions that ultimately render Mima an unreliable narrator by the end of the film. 

The use of colour and sound really made this movie stand out. The colours used majorly contributed to the overall vibe we were supposed to ascertain from the film; more muted tones for daily activities, and harsh vibrant tones for intense scenes. Yet as the lines between fiction and fact blurred, the colours utilised sought to confuse and further muddy how genuine the events taking place were. The sound design further sought to disorient the viewer, with scenes heavily relying on it to convey the emotions of the cast on screen. Yet with this intense use of disorienting sound came calm. The lack of sound in certain scenes conveyed the sheer gravity of the situation, yet conversely in other scenes, the lack of sound felt palpable to real life mundane experiences like going grocery shopping or feeding pet fish. 

This movie dives into image management and the ways we choose to present ourselves to different groups of people in our lives. Perfect blue asks the question "will people see you as you wish to be seen?" and if there is a disconnect, what are the consequences?