Overview
Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
But the original, this particular work, as I see it, is head and shoulders above the Black Swan (although I like it), here the edges of insanity and nervous breakdown are more vividly shown, and immersion into the very essence of cinematography and the filming process, which mixes and absorbs the reality of the heroine. In some scenes, there is just a frenzied tension. Editing, sound, camera work - all this creates an incredible picture.
A good psychological thriller for a little over an hour. You won't catch the schizo, but you will feel the tension. The gardener killer? This does not apply to this work. You'll have to think about it. However, by the end everything becomes very clear.
And the meaning and morality are as follows. If you have a friend who is a little less pretty and successful than you, keep an eye on her - she may already be sharpening a knife and muttering incoherently curses. And maybe not. We are simple people here, there are no pop idols and actresses among us.
3 I'll bet that the intrigue was still in the middle
It would be better according to the laws of horor in the end, the heroine became fat, and the villain in the form of a fat woman went on a diet and became an idol. and I would say looking in the mirror that she is real) that would change the title for me by 10000/10. that they say a real mime is still the same image of a pure idol
Before watching, it is important to pay attention to the year of release - 1998, because I had questions for a young girl who does not know how to use a computer and the Internet, fortunately I quickly realized that this anime is old)
The plot is interesting and I thought until the last moment that there would be an open ending, but the author brought all the lines to the end.
On the issue of hallucinations, the girl was systematically driven mad by a fairly close person, threatening her life, but she did not know who it was. The author stunningly showed how she goes crazy, doubts herself, how reality and her role in the series intertwine, which partially echoes her life in the plot.
I really liked the anime, I recommend watching it.
And "the movie that Nolan was inspired by" is most likely about the anime "Paprika", and what do envious people have to do with it?…