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Anyone else still see this as Supernatual?

posted 16 years ago by ScarecrowX
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Personally it's the way that works bets forme. There's constant talk about Mima being two people, her the Idol and her the actress and, if I recall correctly, there's suggestions that such a subconsious force could manifets itself with it's own identity. I always saw it that Idol Mima was a manifestation of Mima's regrets and loss, that just wanted to be a star. Idol Mima manipulates Me-Mania and even possesses Rumi, whow as already mentlaly unstable, wanting to replace Mima. I don't thnik this is that random, there's a lot to suggest this possibility in the film, in dialogue and ideas, and it explains an awful lot. Such as Idol Mima, a mainifestation, apperaing on stage and everyone reacting.

I see it as a psychological supernatual thriller, anyone else look at it this way?

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[–] Emma286 16 years ago

I personally believe that it's true that Mima has more than one side to her personality. And agree that indeed, in her case, her visions of Virtual Mima were the result of the negative feelings she has towards herself for choosing the career path she does at the start of the story. But although when first viewing the movie I also assumed Virtual Mima must be some kind of supernatural manifestation, I've since changed my mind.

After viewing the film as many times as I have, I'm now positive that Virtual Mima is simply a hallucination/imagined image experienced only by Mima, Me-Mania and Rumi alone at different moments during the course of the film, because of the psychological issues each of them experience. This of course is something which isn't obvious at first, but that was because the movie was edited in such a way as to deliberately confuse the audience, as the creators didn't want to give away the twist ending too soon.

Perfect Blue is marketed as a psychological thriller, and I am sure it was intended to be just that - with absolutely no supernatural element. Though still a great film nevertheless!

Anyways, that's just my view :-)

[–] gohmifune 16 years ago

I can't remember which part of the film, maybe the interrogation scene, but it is stated that repressed personality is escaping and inhabiting other people. The plot of Double Bind is used as a parallel to the plot of them movie that grounds the events.

It's not supernatural per se, but the whole cham-mima possessing Rumi is more or less valid in a sense.

[–] Little_tit_chicken 16 years ago

You're all wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folie_à_deux

In my opinion, trying to tack "supernatural" on it completely invalidates the film. The complexities of the human mind are then tossed in the back seat with "LOL, DEMON SPIRIT" driving.

[–] PreachCaleb 16 years ago

I'm with Little. It seems much more powerful and disturbing if there are no supernatural elements to it.

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