A woman's perspective, the loving kingdom of Ghibli

Iliana 2022-12-26 19:00:02

The ingeniously conceived empty shot link screen at the beginning of the movie, coupled with a small and fresh soundtrack, until the first memoir monologue appeared, if you didn't know in advance that this was a film about the production process of the Ghibli animation "The Wind Rises" , you will definitely have the illusion that what you are about to see is a beautiful idol drama of pure love.
In fact, this is really a documentary full of the creator's love. The female director Asami Sunada, born in 1978, is like a daughter recording the glorious achievements of her father, who is proud of her. She focuses the camera on the details of Hayao Miyazaki's creation process, showing the great animation creator. The persistent, sincere and very tangled side of his personality. In addition, the film uses some fresh and beautiful shots as the connection and supplement to record Hayao Miyazaki's creative process, such as sunrise and sunset and the people in this scene, trees and shadows when the wind blows, children in the street, cats in the studio, The appearance of a person in different states, near or far, is so ordinary that it makes people feel the urge to cry at any time.
And in such scenes, we gradually discovered that the stubborn father in the NHK documentary "The Hillside of Poppy Bloom: The 300-Day War of Father and Son" is not so scary, nor is he always degrading with Mamoru Oshii, right? The juniors are extremely harsh and strict masters - whether it is facing his comrades-in-arms Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata, juniors such as Hideaki Anno, or the Ghibli staff around him, Hayao Miyazaki interacts with them full of harmonious love. I mean, only the appearance of his son Goro Miyazaki has a profound meaning that is hard to describe and understand. His original stubborn and stubborn personality, through such a "Kingdom of Dreams and Rhapsody", was thoroughly understood by the female perspective of director Asami Sunada. soften.
Speaking of which, I can't help but mention that the director of this film, Asami Sunada, as a female disciple of Hirokazu Ededa, really got the true biography of her teacher. Not only is the style of the camera very similar, she also learned how Hiroka Ededa's "Like Father Like Son" implanted the narrative style of pure love idol dramas into it, making a documentary recording the creative process of Ghibli Miyazaki very fresh. Good-looking, very optimistic about her future development in the Japanese film industry.

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The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness quotes

  • Narrator (Mami Sunada): After the conference, I asked what he'd written on that paper he had. He showed it to me. It was his official retirement statement. This was the first sentence: "I hope to work for ten more years."

  • Hayao Miyazaki: [Speaking of a political campaign van driving by] It was the 21st Century revealing itself. I'm a 20th Century man, I don't want to deal with the 21st.