Black Swan's dirty little secret

I assume most of us have heard of the Directing Giant Darren Aronofsky. He directed tearjerkers like Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler and the freaky opus Black Swan-- you know the movie where Natalie Portman goes bat shit crazy . However, there's another movie in Darren's collection he doesn't want you to know about-- an anime thriller known as Perfect Blue. Aronofsky bought the American rights to the movie literally so he could steal the bathtub scene now infamous in Requiem:

But that's not all he stole. If you take a long hard look at Perfect Blue next to Black Swan, you'll get a scary little surprise. For example:

Granted, some of the BS scenes appear to only be based on PB scenes that Aronofsky evolved into his machinations, but there's an argument to be made if Aronofsky should really be writing psychosexual thrillers about young girls if shit like this happens.

But that's not what I want to REALLY talk about. Let's take a moment to examine a theme in Perfect Blue. In the 1998 movie, the lead character has recently left her pop group to pursue an acting career (I know right? Trust me, it's worth it) She's a complete tech-tard with her outdated computer, so when she finds a blog titled "Mima's Room," she's excited. The excitement dies when she discovers that someone has not only been stalking her--taking GREAT detail into her daily life--but also the creeper is writing as her pop idol persona. Throughout the movie, we're led to believe that this guy is setting up the blog because as Mima's acting career "flourishes," the blog posts get more desperate and accuse the talent agency and director of forcing her to do the raunchy shit in the tv drama she stars in. But the blogger and the crazy dude are actually two separate people suffering from the same damn delusions:

Big Twist--Spoiler Alert. Turns out that the blogger is actually Mima's female agent, who for most of the movie was a voice of reason to speak out against Mima's controversial steps toward fame (I.E. rape scenes, nude photography). She turned into this. (One of these folks is just an illusion. Guess who is who)

These two cray cray folk work to kill everyone who pose a threat to their image of Pop Idol Mima. The agent comes to believe that she is her online persona--Pop Idol Mima--and of course tries to go Highlander on the real Mima. Considering this movie was created back in the old days of online identity and chatrooms, the situation presented in the movie can serves as a scary precursor to more present cyberstalking problems. We never really think about how the web space can actually influence and ruin one's mental health. You withdraw from the world, and become this personality you've created (maybe not to the stabby effect presented in the movie). But the pleasure of creating and living as a character can be too enticing. And what's worse is that there are a multitude of ways you can find other people to encourage this behavior through chatrooms and interactive commenting : Follow the link for more & check this awesome movie!: