That piece says > Aronofsky bought the rights to “Perfect Blue” to use one of its scenes for his “Requiem for a Dream” (2000) which TFA actively denies. It's

That piece says > Aronofsky bought the rights to “Perfect Blue” to use one of its scenes for his “Requiem for a Dream” (2000) which TFA actively denies. It's actually puzzling how Aronofsky went back to Perfect Blue, after being caught effectively plagiarising it once already and likely knowing that Kon, beyond the formal politeness typical of the Japanese, wasn't really happy about it. It's like he was daring to be sued. Both directors don't come out of this particularly well - Kon for being a frustrated but ultimately weak character, Aronofsky for achieving success with fundamentally plagiarized work.