The line I like most, to the effect: Only when we are older, will we discover the narrowness of the world in our eyes in the past.
On the other hand, many of the details of the story told in this film will not be reproduced today. For example, the bridge section where the heroes and heroines in the play can only meet through air, railway and other means of transportation will never happen again in today's era when the Internet and mobile phone text messages are developed. This actually reflects from another aspect that data communication is not only a technological and commercial revolution, but also destroys and recreates some inherent social lifestyles of human beings.
For those in the industry, the following facts about this film must be understood:
1) The film was launched by Studio Ghibli, but it was not a work by Hayao Miyazaki, but for the first time in the history of Studio Ghibli. An innovative work
created by the new generation of staff; 2) This is not an animated movie of theatrical version, but a TV animation broadcast at 4:00 pm on the TV station. In fact, it is a bit like the "TV movie" that is often broadcast on CCTV-6 today. ";
3) All the scenes in this film are not fictitious, but all were shot and redrawn on the spot where the story took place (Kochi Prefecture, Japan);
4) The story in this film is not original by Studio Ghibli, but adapted A popular serialized novel of the same name in a magazine at that time;
5) The production cycle of this film is surprising, it only took half a year to complete all production (usually 1 to 2 years);
6) The film is widely acclaimed At the same time, it has become the most difficult work to recover costs in the history of Studio Ghibli, which is a commercial failure;
7) The quality of the film once caused Miyazaki's panic because he found that the new generation level has reached the level. New dimensions he couldn’t reach.
At the same time, I think this film also brings up a topic worthy of discussion, that is, what are the essential differences between the two expressions of animation and live-action images in story works with realistic themes. For example, the subject of "Hearing the Waves", if Iwai Shunji were to shoot a live-action version of it, it would be another kind of charm.
Regarding the essential difference between animation and real-life images, I hope I can use a special article to discuss it in the future, so I won't say more here.
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