Hayao Miyazaki and the dying Ghibli

Brett 2022-10-13 06:14:13

Everyone's memory has a few movies touched by him. His animations are full of unrestrained imagination, the pursuit of beautiful things in the world, and the curse of greed. Beautiful painting style, kind innocence, gripping music, conflict between good and evil, and thinking about war and the environment make animation no longer just a simple movie where a prince falls in love with a princess, it can also be like a famous director blockbuster. The same gives people a kind of spiritual shock.

His animation transcends the concept of time, and it is still as wonderful as it was back then when viewed at any time. In the early days of his studio, such as "City in the Sky" (1986), "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988), "Witch's Delivery Service" (1989), compared with the later period, the content is relatively easy, Mainly shows childlikeness and kindness.

And "Princess Mononoke" in 1997 added a hate part, and the style of painting has become more sharp. Compared with the previous films, this film is much heavier. Human civilization has only a few thousand years of history, and the rapid development of Reaching the top of the food chain has irreversible effects on the 4.5 billion-year-old Earth. 2001's "Spirited Away" also added the curse of greed, as he said that many human dreams are cursed, even if the intention at the beginning is kind, but it is never harmless, All are cursed.

Regardless of the seven deadly sins in Catholicism, or the seven precepts and eight fasts in Buddhism, in the final analysis, it is actually a hallucination of people's greed. Greedy wants to occupy or own things that they do not own or do not belong to themselves.

The old man was born during the Second World War, the Miyazaki family had an aircraft factory, and his father produced military parts during the war. Hayao Miyazaki, who grew up in this environment, is very fascinated by fighter planes, but on the other hand, he is very tired of war. We can see that his flying dreams can always be seen in his works, such as spaceships and gliders of various shapes. , kites or even brooms, or the characters in the pen run and jump like winged elves on the roof and among the trees.

There is a scene that moved me very much. Everyone knows that Japanese people like to bow when they give thanks. The old man and the animator said that the bowing of modern people is too perfunctory, and it was very impolite in the past. The correct way to bow is to keep the upper body leaning slightly forward for a few seconds after standing up, and then slowly return to the front, and personally demonstrate how to do this action. After finishing speaking, several girls said that they were indeed what the old man said, and they would change in the future. In his animations, we can experience a kind of Japanese culture that is being passed down.

Culture can survive because we have passed it down from generation to generation. On the one hand, he expresses his great love for the animation of the old man, and hopes that the old man can live a long life and produce more new works; but on the other hand, he feels that newcomers should be cultivated and promoted in a timely manner. He is like a violent king who pursues perfection in the animation kingdom. His employees say it's hard to work with him for a long time because "it's boring to meet his requirements, but it's exhausting not to meet his requirements".

The reporter asked what the future of Studio Ghibli would be after his retirement. He smiled and said that it would definitely be disbanded. After "The Wind Rises", the studio did close. As a core figure who leads a studio of nearly 400 people, he is like a king, guarding his perfect dream country territory and not allowing anyone to interfere.

Luo Pang of Luo Ji's thinking said that his company is preparing to be fattened, that is to say, if he is gone one day, the company must also operate normally without him. There is also Steve Jobs, who has repeatedly written miracles. Although without his Apple company, it is difficult to reproduce the shock of the iPhone 4 in the short term, which has changed the way of modern communication and entertainment. One day it will bring us a surprise of innovative latitude.

Hayao Miyazaki always said that no one can be his successor, no one can take on this important task, but on the other hand, he has to deal with every aspect of his affairs by himself. Here... it would be hard to work by his side for a long time.” And Disney, the same animation production company, whose founder Mr. Walt Disney died in 1966, created countless classic animation images during his lifetime, and Disney continued the scenery of his lifetime after his death. While we cherish the memory of Mr. Walt Disney, we can also see that modern Disney has formed a larger animation industry kingdom and trained a large number of excellent animation producers.

Another example is that some people in the film industry have a very high reputation, not only because of their good acting skills and many awards, but also because they are also very willing to help newcomers, and the newcomers they bring out are also outstanding, thus raising their own reputation even more. Prestige, this is what makes people convince and admire.

For example, Li Zongsheng, the eldest brother in the music world, the singers discovered and supported by him include Zhou Huajian, Xin Xiaoqi, Zhang Xinzhe, Guangliang, Pinguan, Liang Jingru, Mayday...; and my sister Zhou Huimei still brings tears to her eyes when she mentions Zhang Yusheng; and Wu Zongxian, who has made Jay Chou grateful to this day, and so on.

Another example is J.J. Abbes, who directed "Mission Impossible 4 & 5" and "Star Wars 7-The Force Awakens", who was identified by George Lucas as his successor when he was only in his early 40s. The reason is also very simple. On the one hand, J.J. Abs is indeed talented, but on the other hand, he is also very willing to help others, and after the people he helps succeed, they help him in turn, and finally form a win-win situation. His experience was even written as a case study by Wharton psychology expert Dr. Adam Grant in "Give and Take" (the Chinese name is more spoofed: "Wharton's Most Popular Success Lesson").

The old man is a very interesting person. He said, "Don't do anything, isn't it boring to die?" So three years after he officially announced his retirement, he took the script of another feature-length movie to the producer Mr. Suzuki, which is expected to be released in 2019. year. I was moved by his craftsmanship, and it was his nit-picking pursuit that made us look forward to his new work so much, but on the other hand, I hope that Jipuli Studio can become another Disney dream fantasy kingdom, not simple Brutal close.

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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.