2022.03.18 Post
But it was noteworthy to me to feel a certain level of incompleteness going back to a recent movie by Pixar ( Turning Red), a production company I would consider on the cutting edge of American animation.
You can see, perhaps, how much I am trying to understand what it is I love about these movies.. I’m trying to do the same
The music is phenomenal. Joe Hisaishi is a revelation. There’s something about the simplicity of his melodies, their playfulness, and their willingness to step to the side and give the film room to breathe.
The Wind Rises especially struck a cord with me. There’s something beautiful about Jiro’s struggle to build airplanes. His “beautiful dreams”, despite their potential use as destructive weapons of war.
I still think about Kiki’s Delivery Service, about Nausicaa, about My Neighbor Totoro, about Spirited Away, about Howl’s Moving Castle, abotu Castle in the Sky, Ponyo, Princess Mononoke, among others.
You can see, perhaps, how much I am trying to understand what it is I love about these movies.. I’m trying to do the same
The music is phenomenal. Joe Hisaishi is a revelation. There’s something about the simplicity of his melodies, their playfulness, and their willingness to step to the side and give the film room to breathe.
The Wind Rises especially struck a cord with me. There’s something beautiful about Jiro’s struggle to build airplanes. His “beautiful dreams”, despite their potential use as destructive weapons of war.
I still think about Kiki’s Delivery Service, about Nausicaa, about My Neighbor Totoro, about Spirited Away, about Howl’s Moving Castle, abotu Castle in the Sky, Ponyo, Princess Mononoke, among others.