What happens when the schism between fame and real life becomes personified? His first feature after signing off his manga career with Mamoru Oshii’s Seraphim: Wings of 266,613,336, director Satoshi Kon uses the tale of an idol attempting a career change to explore how the internet age’s unprecedented access offers a new avenue for psychosis. Perfect Blue’s beautiful and terrifying imagery are timeless despite the Nineties dial-up tones throughout. Don’t believe me? Just ask one Darren Aronofsky which movie he scraped when making his own dark-mirror thriller, Black Swan – an inspiration he denies, probably because he knows his weaker product withers in comparison. – James Scott
