But by mistake, "The Variety Civet" was watched when I was mentally exhausted. The round and chubby raccoons, twisting and twisting when walking upright, are really uncontrollable; the very happy raccoon, there is something to be happy about, and all the people will celebrate at this moment. His face and body are like stick figures, with a smile becoming the only sign.
Only in the end, when the raccoons saw their transformed homeland full of greenery, complex emotions such as nostalgia, heartache, and touch rushed to their hearts in an instant, and the depression of the entire film seemed to be released at this moment. Crying is catharsis, but not crying is heartache.
Because it is another Ghibli work suspected of publicizing environmentalism, I have always wanted to say that the so-called environmental protection is not suitable for the interpretation of Ghibli.
Environmental protection, like the word "right", is dedicated to humans. Rights are only for human beings, and there are no rights for non-human beings. Right is that human beings stand from the point of view of selfishness and self, overriding the disadvantaged groups. For example, people have the right to survive, and animals can only survive when people give up the right to kill them.
Perhaps this is too narrow a term, but "environmental protection" is definitely a narrower term. Environmental protection is only for the survival of mankind. The purpose of protecting the environment is to protect human beings, not the environment itself. A more obvious example is the national policy "sustainable development", which clearly and plainly says: for the future generations of mankind. Who has considered the environment itself?
There is no concept of environmental protection in the works of Jun Miyazaki and Ghibli. They did not discuss "pollution of the river, humans have no drinking water", but the smelly river god in Spirited Away sighed comfortably after taking a bath; they did not express "the imbalance of the ecological environment, leading to the aggravation of natural disasters" ", but the raccoons who lost their homes in "The Variety of Tanuki"; it is the hatred of Princess Mononoke...
The starting point and destination of environmental protection are human beings. Jun Miyazaki and Ghibli always stand on the other side, caring about the survival of the environment with equal respect. It is almost the same to say that they are anti-human. The problems they have shown, such as population growth and pollution caused by industrial development, are impossible to solve. In such an environment, the protagonists try to use the pain of the environment to move human beings, but the humans who stand on the opposite side are often Greed and sin. These expressions are not environmentalist.
The very similar DreamWorks work "Outside the Fence" can be said to be an animal defense battle, but it has always promoted the main theme and a happy ending. In the end, the original bitterness of the war between humans and animals was completely eliminated by the beautiful atmosphere of the family. China and the United States have very similar thinking about environmental protection.
American films may make you reflect on the environment in laughter. This is environmental protection; Ghibli films make you secretly condemn in tears, which is a signal against humanity. There really shouldn't be so many people who like Miyazaki Jun and Ghibli's "environmental films".
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