The Boy and the Heron's Reimagining of Spirited Away
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
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Hayao Miyazaki is back again with Studio Ghibli to bring us something very different yet also familiar. A fantasy story in an autobiographical form, yet I can help but feel this may have been better done in one particular film, Spirited Away. Let's talk about it!
A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
Stars: Robert Pattinson, Luca Padovan, Florence Pugh, Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill
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My mother died in my arms when I was 25. Towards the end, I couldn't stop tears
I really need to rewatch this film, but it's something that really grows on some people. It's a confusing acid trip of a film, but for me, it felt cathartic. I related a lot to Mahito's arc because I went through something similar when I was around his age. His journey of acceptance was something that I had to go through. I first saw the film coming out of a mini existential crisis around my birthday, but while the film was beautiful and confusing, it took me a while to digest what it meant to me. It was a little uncomfortable feeling seen like that by a film. Like, I expected to relate to his story in a way. I almost lost my mom at a young age, so stories surrounding that kind of loss always hit me differently, but I didn't expect to relate to him very closely.
I think you summed it up best about this movie. It does feel like a gigantic art piece rather than a coherent film and that's what makes it for me. It's abstract, but I understand the feelings that Miyazaki is trying to convey.
The film is a bit like a fever dream. It’s still fascinating how Miyazaki can tell an ambiguous story which evokes emotions without making logical sense.
Honestly up there with some of the best at achieving so as well
Really great video. I watched it today and still have been thinking about it. Just that indescribable feeling after watching a Miyazaki film.
A producer from the movie said that the first thing that Miyazaki said before working on this movie was that it’s going to be autobiographical, and he also didn’t want any promotional material for it, therefore it feels like a very personal movie for him.
And yeah you’re right, a lot of it doesn’t fit in if you don’t know the backstory of what’s going on. From what I understood though after reading some of Miyazaki’s experiences, is maybe he is questioning his own worth.
The granduncle feels like Miyazaki himself, and the things he has created. It is not a secret that Miyazaki is not fond of the anime community and executives and very rightfully so. So maybe he is asking himself, was creating such a world with so many wonderful characters and stories, eventually lead to a lot of vile things. So was it worth it?
And the answer is presented through Mahito. And it’s yes, because that’s how he chose to live.
It’s still so open to interpretation, and it’s not perfect but it has really grown on me.
Thanks dude! And that’s some really interesting insight! Spending some more time to reflect on the film, I can see a lot of that. Him questioning himself and his work. As you say though, and to a benefit I guess, is that it’s able to be interpreted in so many different ways
"ending abruptly rushed to the finish" "Doesn't feel like a movie designed to tell a story"- Like most Miyazaki films?
the Japanese title is 'How you want to live your life'
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Boy and the Heron feels like a weaker copycat of Spirited Away. Main character finds abandoned building and somehow gets trapped in fantastic world; some casualty characters also get trapped with them, the main purpose is to return home with all the casualty characters; although the main character remains fully intact, the side characters seem to be effected physically by the fact that they’ve ended up in this new world. Then there is the magical flying side kick who basically acts as a guide to the main character while you can never be certain if they are good or bad. There’s the hoards of creatures wanting to eat the main character and ultimately not being allowed to. There’s the magical leader type woman who again, you are not certain if they are good or bad but that the main character must closely interact with and eventually they reveal to be good. They also have a similar magical character later in the storyline (who always seems to be related or want to be related to this main character) who gives the main character some side quest which turned out to be the main quest all along that ultimately ushers the main character along with all casualty characters home. The end