Chociaż jedne z najważniejszych i najlepszych filmów Miyazakiego Hayao („Księżniczka Mononoke”, „Spirited Away” i „Ruchomy zamek Howla”) pojawiły się w naszych kinach, to moja faza na Studio Ghibli zaczęła się dużo później i nigdy nie miałem okazji obejrzeć ich na dużym ekranie. Dlatego bardzo się cieszę z ich powrotu do kin. Dziś obejrzałem „Spirited Away” i ta opowieść robi w kinowych warunkach ogromne wrażenie. A już zwłaszcza gdy słyszy się przewodni motyw muzyczny — ciarki gwarantowane.
This looks so good - a Pakistani hand-drawn animated film! Made by Mano Animation Studios and director Usman Riaz, it looks like a cross between a Cartoon Saloon and a Studio Ghibli film!
it took me four months to read through this collection of essays, stories, interviews and written thoughts from hayao miyazaki, and it was absolutely worth reading it slowly.
about half of the book are conversations about how-it-was-made or reflections on characters like Nausicaä. they're interesting for anime-manga aficionados, artists and animators.
but what stood out to me most reading Starting Point was miyazaki's ability to think. he thinks non-reductively, without ever turning to either lazy idealism or pragmatism. there are moments where it is clear he has read social theory, but the ideas are always expressed as everyday, grounded experiences - and not floaty/cloudy/tangled academic musings.
he just thinks, out loud, a lot. this is someone whose entire day is consumed by thinking, and animation just happens to be one of the creative practices involved in expressing the thoughts for other people.
this is not something depicted in any documentary i've seen about studio ghibli - which tend to focus on his personality, emotions and production process.
I'm not surprised that My Neighbour Totoro is getting a West End transfer. It's a magical night in the theatre and I'd very much recommend getting along to the Gillian Lynne next year if you can...
I am gonna watch a #studioGhibli movie (as yet undecided) if anybody wants to join in for a very lazy #watchParty. I won't have the cog to toot, but will follow along and ⭐boop your toots.
Or we can even be tootless, and just know someone out there is also watching the same movie.