I really didn't think I could see The Boy and the Heron in theaters due to being covid conscious, but our tiny local theater is showing it right now as a limited run at odd hours... It severely reduces the chance of it being packed, especially for what is truthfully a more niche film...
Could even go tonight and get a huge discount on Tickets, just $10 for my partner and I. I assume prices are also so low because not many folks go Tuesdays and they wanna get people in. So tempting! Is it really worth it to see on the big screen, or is it okay to wait for a home release?
I'm sure with a 100% confidence that the scene in #TheBoyAndTheHeron where the large space-ship shaped rock floating in the sky over the hill is introduced is a reference to something similar, but I can't put my finger on what it's a reference to (to wit, the sunken ship with the trees where young Kiriko lives is obviously a reference to Böcklin's #DieToteninsel —the #IslandOfTheDead). Anybody can help me with the floating rock in the sky reference?
Managed to snag the last couple tickets to a screening of The Boy and The Heron tonight with some friends. Super lovely film, definitely gonna need to give it a few re-watches.
On a slightly more serious note: The boy and the heron is so very much worth watching. Obviously the animation is at an almost mythical level, there are buckets of charm and animals talk a lot. But the story is the driving force behind everything; coming of age, loss, growth, selfishness, selflessness, happiness, and so much more.
This morning at 7:50 a.m., about 43 (ish) people showed up to a theatre in Seattle for a private, Covid cautious screening of Hayao Miyazaki's latest film, The Boy and the Heron.
People took a rapid test and reported results to the organizers before arriving and wore high-quality masks at all times. Folks stayed home if they or anyone in their household felt unwell. Masks and tests were available on site if needed.
Cost was about $13 per ticket after donations from #CovidCautious community members who wanted to help make the event accessible to folks.
CO2 was monitored and never got over 900.
The film was incredible. Knowing there are folks in my community who are willing to wake up early af because they haven't been to the theater in years due to #COVID19 was just as incredible.
Covid safe events aren't just possible, they're desired. Imagine how many people would have attended if it could have been on a Saturday afternoon or evening?
We just watched Studio Ghibli's "The Boy and the Heron".
The cinematography & attention to detail in its aspects of realism are, as always, great.
The story is rather convoluted, & starts slow, but patience reveals themes of learning that the beauty of life also involves pain & loss (coming of age), importance of human relationships & kindness, and the need to end Japan's Imperialistic Era in the mid-1940s. #StudioGhibli #TheBoyAndTheHeron
“The Boy and the Heron,” the latest work from beloved Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, has become his first film to top the North American box office....
Anyone else seen #theboyandtheheron yet? I just drove home from that, I took a left turn and half hallucinated a posse of pastel human-sized parakeets in the incoming headlights. It’s that kinda cinematic experience 😆 Got to say, it felt more like Miyazaki’s unedited dreams than a conventional Studio Ghibli feature. Some scenes evocative of Spirited Away.
Hayao Miyazaki tops North American box office for first time with ‘The Boy and the Heron’ (edition.cnn.com)
“The Boy and the Heron,” the latest work from beloved Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, has become his first film to top the North American box office....