Satoshi Kon Collection

The image used above is representative of just a small part of the public persona that Kon allowed people to see. I picked it in part because it expresses how I feel a world without people like him having left footprints in would be, and also because it's from Perfect Blue (1997), which was my introduction to his world and the film that gained him recognition in the West.
The other side of the public Kon was an explosion of colour and unfettered creativity that saw him explore many of the same themes repeatedly but never in an uneventful or over-familiar way. He was a dreamer of beautiful things and terrifying things and things that were simultaneously both.

Films on In a Nutshell:
01. World Apartment Horror (1991)
02. Memories (1995)
03. Perfect Blue (1997)
04. Millennium Actress (2001)
05. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
06. Paprika (2006)
07. Ani-Kuri 15 (2008)

Manga on Nut Ink:
01. Tropic of the Sea (2013)
02. OPUS (2014)
03. Dream Fossil (2015)

NOTE: Kon also made a thirteen-episode anime television series called Paranoia Agent (2004). It's unlikely that I'll ever get to post about it on the TV blog, but I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys the director's films.