Evento

Satoshi Kon Retrospective Perfect Blue

Sun Nov 10: 4.00pm
Wed Nov 13: 7.00pm

Satoshi Kon
Japan
1997
1h 30m

About
** Co-presented with Grand Illusion, who will join us in screening all of Kons feature films! Stay tuned to their calendar for tickets **

Perfect Blue, the groundbreaking and rarely screened first film from the legendary director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Paranoia Agent), returns to theaters for its 20th anniversary in a brand new digital transfer.

Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model, but her fans arent ready to see her go Encouraged by her managers, Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mimas reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia. As her stalker closes in, in person and online, the threat he poses is more real than even Mima knows, in this iconic psychological thriller that has frequently been hailed as one of the most important animated films of all time.