Spirited Away is the only movie I've watched over and over in years.
At first, I was amazed by the brightly lit oil house. It seemed that I was Chihiro standing in front of it, looking up at this towering building.
In the originally eerily quiet street, the lights turned on one by one, and there were long shadows on the pavement, no, ghosts.
But when I was a child, I only felt that it was very bizarre, as if entering an amusement park.
Especially in the distance, there seems to be a huge feast, and it is more like a mirage across the water.
Only now did I feel a hint of coldness.
If you were alone in such a strange and bizarre world, you would really be scared to death.
Overnight, beyond recognition, I don't know which is the dream. After the deep shock, there is deep confusion and fear.
Growing up a bit, I understood a little bit of its meaning.
The "greed" of the faceless man and the oil house people, the indifference and alienation of the oil house's interpersonal relationships, Bai Long has forgotten his name and his original intention...
"His face is getting more and more ugly, and his eyes are getting more and more fierce." Grandpa Boiler said.
Later, I was moved by the bond between Bailong and Chihiro - the unexpected encounter in the world turned out to be a reunion after a long absence.
Now watching it again on the big screen, many details jump out, and the subtleties that were not noticed before suddenly become very clear.
For example, Bai Long's expression changed .
When he accidentally found Chihiro on the bridge, Bai Long's expression was shocked, and then panicked.
Even blinked in disbelief.
Knowing that Chihiro could not escape, he searched for Chihiro with a solemn expression.
Find Chihiro and face her very gently.
Chihiro's hands and feet became transparent because they touched the water in this world, and Bailong fed her an antidote.
Afterwards, Chihiro carefully touched Bailong's hand—it turned back to solid.
At that moment, Bai Long's eyelashes drooped slightly, and the corner of his mouth evoked a shallow smile, as if he had softened all of a sudden .
This is the most subtle and vivid stroke of Bai Long in the entire animation .
The doting and affection in his eyes is enough to prove that there is more than just "friendship" between him and Chihiro.
But it's hardly love.
This is the hazy love between a teenager and a little girl .
When facing Qianxun, Bai Long's eyes were clear , which was completely opposite to the indifferent eyes when facing everyone in the oil house.
In the dead of night, Bai Long went upstairs along the stone steps to see Granny Tang, his expression desolate and his eyes tingling.
His huge shadow was cast on the stone wall, and his loneliness was even more evident in the open space.
When he finally made a deal with Granny Tang, his fearless eyes were piercingly clear.
Just the look in the eyes of a white dragon is enough to dump Guoman Shitiaojie!
I was shocked and moved when I noticed these details.
It is shocking that these subtle places are as thin as a hair, and they are all presented, and they are transformed so naturally and softly.
I was moved by how much time and energy Miyazaki spent to present these details...
"Spirited Away" is a work from 2001. Now that 20 years have passed, can Guoman catch up with half of it?
After reading this many times, every period of time, with the growth of experience, the feeling will be different.
Before, I always felt that there were too many meanings in it, and I always couldn't explain it.
But now, after thinking about and feeling the things that moved me, I finally came down to the word " meeting by fate ".
Walking through the tunnel, the old site of the theme park that comes into view has a dilapidated beauty.
In the middle of the night after the rain, the tram that broke through the water slowly disappeared at the end of the night.
Qianxun walked out of the oil house to find Granny Qian, and when she waved goodbye to Xiaoling, her thin figure was reflected in the sea and the sky, like a person who had never returned.
The train travels alone in a vast ocean, the clear water is clear, the water vapor is vast in the distance, and there is a beautiful sunset at the end.
This feeling of the end of the world has left me still unable to extricate myself .
In this cold fairyland, which is incompatible with the brightly lit oil house, under the extreme calm, it is calm to the impermanence of the world.
Qianxun never thought that there would be such an adventure in his life, and everything in the past seemed to be vicissitudes .
This is also the taste of the mainland poster designed by Huang Hai.
The posters are named "Shou" and "Wang".
On the poster of "Guard", Xiao Qian leaned out of the oil house and stroked Chihiro, who was squatting in front of the oil house, with one hand.
Xiao Qian, who was wearing an oil house tooling, had the maturity and stability of an adult in his eyes, while Qian Xun on the other side was still a crying child.
The people in the oil house behind her were watching her with different expressions, either gentle, curious, or cunning.
On the poster of "Wang", Chihiro bravely walked into this world, surrounded by white dragons, silently guarding her.
On these two posters, there is a light shining on Qianxun, which is Shen Du in difficult times .
How wonderful life is, there is no trace of fate, but there is God's will in the dark.
Chihiro and all we can do is not to be sad or happy, not to be afraid, not to evade, and not to forget the original intention .
And the children who watched this animation back then had already grown up when I wrote this.
Like Chihiro who returned to the world, he learned to be silent and hide.
Waiting for the gift of the years - the next reunion after a long absence.
(First published in today's headline number: Tianya bird movie)
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