Why "Perfect Blue"?
Really...I want to know why this is the title of this movie?! Anyone?
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On the cover it says 'the colour of illusion is perfect blue''
I asume that in Japan, this is a known saying. Like how we know green as envy,
yellow as 'Chicken' etc.
I tryed to answer your question, you probably gave up on this board long ago though.
Yeah, I've been waiting for a definitive answer myself. But I think I may have figured it out. I saw that the DVD scene selection menu refers to the last section as "Perfect blue day". I watched the movie again recently and took notice of the "sky shots".
Near the middle of the film, Mima runs in fear from the subway station and stops to catch her breath. When she looks up at the sky, it's partly cloudy, with the clouds moving in. This could be symbolic of Mima's reality beginning to cloud over. Because the rape scene is the major turning point for Mima's innocence and sanity, the weather reflects that. Later in the film during Mima's scene with Eri on "Double Bind", it's pouring rain. It's also storming in Mima's dream of getting hit by the truck.
When Mima's lying in the street after her struggle with Rumi, the sky is clear again. Then at the very end during the several months into the future scene, the sky is also blue with a few stationary clouds. It's probably symbolic that Mima's terror and confusion (the "clouds" of doubt) have lifted and that she is now "whole" again.
Reminds me of Vanilla Sky! THat's a very good thing, in my book. :)
shareMe too!!! Vanilla Sky *** SPOILERS *** ahead. When I started reading this thread, I immediately thought of Vanilla Sky. Also a lot of confusion (whether the story unfolds in reality, in a dream or in a virtual reality simulation after a cryonic suspension), a murder, the main character sees illusions of people changing into other people, running in the city without other people around. Not to mention minor elements such as rape and car accidents. :) And, of course, the title meaning is just as contrived in Vanilla Sky. :)
Sadly for Mima, there is no friendly Tech Support guy to make sense of everything and set things straight. :(
To a certain degree, I agree. However, I think that the title suggests an impossible standard: The idea of the flawless pop star, as pure as the perfect blue of the sky. Mima's problem's stem from her inability to live up to the perfect purity of her pop star persona. Heck, maybe I'm wrong. It's probably explained in the book, but even if I could find a copy, I can't read Japanese. The live-action movie is supposed to be closer to the book, so maybe the answer's there.
shareThe live action movie!? When's that coming out?
In the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
I have the book, and I'm working on translating. At the moment, I have about 10 pages done so far. If anyone's curious, the complete title of the book is "Pefect Blue" (in english) with the subtitle "Yume nara samete", which means "If this is a dream, wake me up".
share…Any major differences ? Son himself admitted he took liberties with the original text…
shareI agree it reminds me of Vanilla Sky but so much better than that piece of *beep* Cameron Crowe should have just stuck to teen movies and 20 something year olds overcoming obstacles/coming of age type crap. Eric Stoltz didn't even make a cameo.
I agree completely. In this movie, the sky could be considered like a symbol / theme in the movie. For those who have read 'The Great Gatsby', in the beginning of the book it's raining, then as the story goes on it gets hotter and hotter, and in the climax of the story, that day is described as 'the hottest day of the year' (or something like that), and in the dénouement, it's raining again. I believe that something similar happens in this movie, with the sky as a symbol of Mima's state of mind, her terror and confusion, or something else.
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