The great god's love for flying penetrates into his films and even his soul. But as the son of an aircraft manufacturer in World War II, he knows that this hobby will inevitably bring bloody and cruel wars and killings . In
Italy during World War II, the red pig resolutely quit the army even if he was accused of desertion, and turned into a pig to escape from an island. But he can still fly freely in the blue sky of the Adriatic Sea~ Fictional characters have such privileges~
But what choices can real people such as Jiro Horekoshi have? Leaving is equivalent to giving up the aircraft design that he loved all his life, and saying goodbye to flying forever~ Sometimes, he has no choice~ Also because of the evil war, he has the opportunity to design the Zero fighter that is beautiful and superior in performance from a purely aesthetic point of view. How paradoxical and ironic it is~ I don't know if it was intentional or not, the man in Hayao Miyazaki's heart, Horiko Jiro, became an accomplice to the abuse, and the Zero fighter became a tool of aggression invisibly~
[I think] This is love Hayao Miyazaki, who is peaceful and hates war, has a lingering knot in his heart for a long time~ He chose the extremely sensitive topic "Take Off" as his farewell, trying to solve the problems he was entangled in his heart and give himself an explanation; Explore Jiro Horetsu's life and soul in his own way. So, where is the answer?
The wind is blowing...
The "Airplane Cloud", which is sung like a poem at the end, is the best footnote to this film: now it is impossible to know... Others cannot understand, but he is happy, looking forward to the blue sky and rushing to the universe In the meantime, his life is that airplane cloud...
For Jiro Horikoshi, we may never peep into his heart and true thoughts, but what is wrong with a beautiful aircraft? It's just being used by the wrong people. As a result, the streamlined and unrestrained 0-style shuttle in the cloud has become a murder weapon. But in Red Pig, the airship is a good helper to fight against air thieves and rescue children; Nausicaa drives the glider to rescue the baby king bug, protect the rotten sea, and save the villagers; Kiki rides a broom, delivers couriers to make a living, and is strong Self-reliant, holding the hand of the dragonfly tightly at the critical moment... The aircraft that people love and hate is a double-edged sword, as Caproni said at the end: "Aircraft is a cursed dream." But wrong It's not it, it should be in the right hands. ——Is this what Miyazaki really wanted to say from beginning to end?
So back to the beginning, the great god is not whitewashed, the inner logic of all his films proves that he cannot abandon his beliefs and turn right to support warmongers and militarism. The attitude of "The Wind Rises" is indeed ambiguous. After all, historical figures with less data cannot be overplayed out of thin air. But even if it is implicit, its anti-war ideology remains unchanged, as evidenced by the "hell"-like aircraft ruins at the end of the film.
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