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Perfect Blue

Name: Perfect Blue
Genre: Psychopunk
Released: 1997

Satoshi Kon1997

Psychopunk

Identity
Minds and unreality

A pop idol turned actress loses track of which version of herself is real as a stalker and a doppelganger close in. Kon's masterclass in perception editing.

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