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Idioteque Stalker
Perfect Blue. Wow. Satoshi Kon just made a big impression. It may not stick the landing quite like Black Swan, but when it comes to films about young starlets, the pressures they face, and the torturous process of creating a new public identity, Perfect Blue is just as compelling as Aronofsky's touchstone--and far more disturbing. (I guess Aronofsky even bought the rights to Perfect Blue in order to recreate the underwater bathtub scream in Requiem? Seems unnecessary, but okay.) I'd like to reassess Paprika and get to know Kon better in general. It appears Tokyo Godfathers is a Christmas movie, so maybe that will happen soon.
Either Mind Game or Wolf Children is up next.