World-hater Hayao Miyazaki's reflections on technology

Alanis 2022-02-07 14:50:57

What is reflected in the film is a world threatened by nuclear radiation. The ground is covered with nuclear radiation. For the sake of safety, human beings have no choice but to abandon their homes where they have lived for tens of thousands of years, leave the place where civilization began, and live underground to survive. The underground sky is always black and inextinguishable neon lights, controllable temperature and weather, everything is in the grasp of science, Chuck and Asuka are two young agents who discovered it during a previous cult operation. Living winged angel. The two righteous protagonists managed to save the flying girl's life, but it was considered an important element for human beings to return to the surface. The government immediately sent her to the laboratory. After some inner struggle, Chuck and Asuka did not hesitate to deviate from the organization. , decided to rescue the only surviving angel. After all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, the car crossed the tunnel and drove to the ground. Although the sun is shining brightly on the ground, strands of gold are shining on the ground, but the scattered greenery is very desolate. There are no animals, no humans, and the land is dead silent. The signs passing by the car windows are written in red with warnings such as being careful of the danger of the sun. . Hayao Miyazaki said that at that time, the radiation on the earth intensified, and human beings could no longer survive on the ground, so humans built a flowery city underground as a refuge, but I personally think that it is actually impossible for human beings to escape from that disaster , so I made a short film to show a real world and the living conditions of people. I think human beings at that time were disdainful of social systems and legal provisions. It can be said that they were in a state of anarchy, and human beings began to degenerate. , wasting time like the walking dead, people filling their empty and hopeless lives with drug addiction, gambling religion, and I think that's what this song really means.

This is a movie full of morbid consciousness, Miyazaki is full of pessimism about the future of mankind.

——《Anime Master Hayao Miyazaki》

When the winged girl flew into the sky, it felt like a seed of hope that was scattered to the earth. Although the surface has been polluted and uninhabited, it is in this vast wasteland. I still see that, in fact, Hayao Miyazaki has romantic feelings, otherwise he would not be able to turn the ending to hope.

Hayao Miyazaki's point of view believes that Japan is a bad world for adults, where the population has exploded, the competition is fierce and cruel, and the industry is highly developed, but he still hopes to preserve a pure land of innocence where hope and imagination can be placed.

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Extended Reading
  • Blaise 2022-02-07 14:50:57

    The 1990s of the last century was truly a golden age in various senses. From the west to the east, there was an open, high-spirited and prosperous cultural atmosphere. In various fields, from TV to movies, from video to music, high-quality works and a wave of masters emerged one after another. At its peak, a 6-minute short film can be so perfect and full, the style of painting is "Lupin III", the cyber sense of the urban landscape is the level of "Blade Runner 2049", and the spiritual core shows the protection of environmental protection, humanity and freedom. The yearning and pursuit of value has darkly alluded to the Tokyo sarin gas incident, the Chernobyl nuclear leak, and even a lot of Chinese elements. In particular, the handling of double endings is a classic concept of "time nonlinearity" in sci-fi works. It jumps, rewinds, and self-corrects. This stalk was still played until "Source Code" and "Ring Messenger" in the 2010s. Finally, it must be said that Asuka in Hayao Miyazaki's brush is too handsome, so handsome that he has the look of Ozaki Feng. This passionate and inspirational song by Chuck Flying Bird also brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it. Well, it probably played on a loop twenty or thirty times.

  • Hannah 2022-04-24 07:01:24

    Hayao Miyazaki's painting style is beautiful.

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