"Marnie in Memory" is adapted from the novel of the same name by the British novelist Joann G. Robinson, directed by Mirin Hongchang, a 2014 work by Studio Ghibli.
As a new animation director, Mirin Hongchang has become the most promising successor of Studio Ghibli with the animated film "Arrietty of Borrowing Things" adapted from Mary Norton's novel "The Little Man under the Bed". Later, his director's "Marnie in Memory" was even more impressive. Helpless, Studio Ghibli went from bad to worse, and Milin Hongchang also chose to quit the studio to seek another development. Of course, this is off topic.
"Marnie in Memories" inherits the consistently exquisite and rigorous animation style of Studio Ghibli's works, with particular attention to the details of light and shadow. Of course, at this point, I would first recommend Makoto Shinkai, the scene of "The Garden of Words" is impeccable. It is a pity that the scope of Xin Haicheng's story is too narrow. It tells the simple love story of ordinary people in the same way, focusing on describing the rich, delicate and tangled emotional world of the protagonist. For example, "Her Cat" and "Five Centimeters Per Second".
The advantage of making animated films is that they can unscrupulously use their imaginations, without considering the discomfort of an alternate story background, because this is originally an animation. You don't have to consider the technically difficult and expensive special effects later, you can use the unrestrained storyline to liberate people's romantic and fantasy nature. It is precisely because of this that Hayao Miyazaki can become a household name and become a leader in the animation film industry. Does the flying Totoro bus, the city in the sky, the magician, etc. sound fascinating? This is also off topic.
Speaking of the storyline of "Marnie in Memory", in fact, this animation is more suitable for adults or older children to watch, because they may not understand it. The mysterious girl Marnie may cause you a lot of speculation. The development of the plot is twists and turns, and there is a process that allows you to reason and doubt and then overturn the reasoning doubt. For example, while I was watching, I wondered if Marnie was Anna's alter ego. Just like the human nature in "The Fantastic Drifting of Teenage Pi" and the animal nature represented by the Bengal tiger, they are two aspects of a person, similar to schizophrenia in psychology. With Anna's withdrawn and precocious personality, it is very possible.
It's also possible that Marnie is Anna's imaginary friend. Anna's memory is that she was holding a blond doll when she was a child. Look carefully at the back of that doll, is it Marnie? Given Anna's age, it is a very dangerous thing to have imaginary friends, at least it shows that Anna has a very serious psychological disorder. Like in the movie Shutter Island, the truth of the story is a total self-talking hoax.
Or is Marnie a ghost? The uncle said that the mansion in the swamp is haunted by ghosts, and children often lose their cloth shoes there. This reminds me of "Terror in the Lonely Castle". Is the ghost in the orphanage a real ghost summoned by the heroine Laura to find out the truth about her son's death, or is it an illusion created by self-redemption? Anna is lonely and out of touch, so a lively and sincere girl, Marnie, appears to lead her out of the haze. After she makes real friends, she realizes Marnie's illusion, leaves Marnie, and lives a normal life. This is what I think will happen next.
However, the plot took a sudden turn, and the answer was given by Hisako, who looked like a soy sauce and actually explained the key plot. Marnie was Anna's grandmother. This explains why my friends say that Marnie's eyes are blue, like a foreigner. Why Marnie's diary is real. Why did Anna feel deja vu when she first met the swamp villa. Of course, there are still many things that are not fully explained in this film, such as why Marnie's diary records the story that happened with Anna, and whether this is a time-space paradox. Who is Eleven, and why does he know Marnie too. Eleven is taciturn and sullen, but can he get along with Anna? The setting that Marnie is Anna's grandmother is still a bit surprising and a little stunned.
From the point of view of the integrity of the story and the gist of the expression, these are not enough to affect the whole story, on the contrary, there will be some unfinished mystery. In terms of narration, it is more like Jin Min's films with a personal style, such as "Red Pepper", "Millennium Actress", etc., giving people a dazzling and endless sense of confusion. The script of "Marnie in Memories" was shot by another person, and it should be able to be made into a thriller. In the movie, Anna opened her heart, and the healing ending of her new life must make the audience breathe a sigh of relief.
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