films that were ripped off satoshi kon’s works
perfect blue (1997) → requiem for a dream (2000) dir. darren aronofsky
perfect blue (1997) → black swan (2010) dir. darren aronofsky
perfect blue (1997) → black swan (2010) dir. darren aronofsky
paprika (2006) → inception (2010) dir. christopher nolan
paprika (2006) → inception (2010) dir. christopher nolan
The entirety of black swan is literally tackier and worse perfect blue lmfao
darren aronofsky purchased rights to perfect blue so he could recreate that bath tub scene in requiem for a dream without fear of being accused of stealing. on top of this, he wanted to eventually make a live action adaptation of it though his plans fell through.
now here’s the joke: he went on to make black swan, which shares blatant visuals and story elements with perfect blue and then……… tried to deny black swan was influenced by perfect blue……… like okay
