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Perfect Blue

A review of Satoshi Kon's 1997 psychological thriller Perfect Blue.

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importance: 5/10

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Yotam, Kris · Mar 2026

Yotam, Kris. (Mar 2026). Perfect Blue. krisyotam.com. https://krisyotam.com/reviews/film/perfect-blue

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  author  = "Yotam, Kris",
  journal = "krisyotam.com",
  year    = "2026",
  month   = "Mar",
  url     = "https://krisyotam.com/reviews/film/perfect-blue"
}
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Ideas rot if you don't do something with them. I used to try to hoard them, but they rotted. Now I just blog them or tell people about them. Sometimes they still rot, but sometimes someone finds them useful in one way or another.
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