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  Jordan Peele's Get Out had been a revitalizing take on the thriller/horror genre from the lens of a black eye. It had become a cultural phenomenon upon its release. One of the reasons for that is because it took a real situation that Black Americans find themselves in and wrapped it into one of the scariest imagery ever. It was fresh and invigorating to see a Hollywood film like this from a black director. In the film industry movies with black leads and cast are pigeon holed a lot. We get a lot of movies dealing with the hood, drugs, slavery, sports, and comedy, but horror and thriller movies are rare. This film was like a tipping point for more diverse films by black creators. In 2018 we finally got the first black superhero Black Panther on the silver screen. We got Sorry to Bother You in the same year, See You Yesterday , and Fast Color for a few others not long after. Jordan Peele also brought his second feature film US in 2019. The public reception on this is mixed thou...

  So the Alamo Drafthouse theaters put Perfect Blue back in theaters for a special 25th anniversary watch party. Perfect Blue is one of the most famous anime movies of the nerd community. You may have seen gifs of it's most iconic shots in slowed and reverb music videos or in general use on social media. Now, I've seen them in context. I've watched Satoshi Kon's other famous movie, Paprika , years ago. Paprika was very weird and surreal, but I didn't really like it that much. Still, that didn't deter me from wanting to see Perfect Blue as others on the internet suggested I might like it better and I ultimately did.   Being a film from 1997 Perfect Blue is draped in 90s aesthetics with its animation, fashion, and dial up internet. The film was also meant for theaters. Although it's an animated film it's shot like a live-action film at times with zoomed out edits like one that centers on a character in the bedroom and pans out overlooking the city and...