SPIRITED AWAY: HAYAO MIYAZAKI: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE
This book focusses on Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 masterpiece Spirited
Away, winner of the Best Animated Movie Oscar. Spirited Away (Sen
to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) is without a doubt a masterpiece of
cinema, and one of Hayao Miyazaki's great works. It is one of the
most spectacular films of colour you will ever see. It's the movie
that brought Miyazaki to a global audience, even more perhaps than
Princess Mononoke (though by the time of Spirited Away, Miyazaki
was a household name in Japan).
Born on January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, Hayao Miyazaki is known as the
'Japanese Disney', a filmmaker as revered - and as popular - as
Walt Disney or Steven Spielberg. Miyazaki, in short, is a true
phenomenon in contemporary animation and in world cinema.
Hayao Miyazaki's movies include Princess Mononoke, Spirited
Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Laputa: Castle In the Sky and My
Neighbor Totoro.
Hayao Miyazaki may be the most talented fantasy filmmaker of his
generation: not even the finest filmmakers of Hollywood can rival
his films when it comes to creating fantasy worlds, and fantastical
characters and events. Miyazaki has millions of fans around the
world, not least among fellow animators and filmmakers, for whom he
is a genius.
What Hayao Miyazaki's films do is to bring you completely into a
fantasy world that is instantly recognizable and familiar. It's as
if these fantasy realms have always existed - very much like J.R.R.
Tolkien's Middle-earth or Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea (both
influences on Miyazaki). The visionary and magical elements are
fused with the domestic and familial and social elements, so that
it seems completely ordinary and believable that, say, flying
machines soar overhead which have flapping wings like an insect, or
that little white creatures pop up out of trees and make strange
clicking noises.
This new study of Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away includes
chapters on Miyazaki's influences his contemporaries and colleagues
his characters his movies' relation to Western animation (including
the Walt Disney Company) and his themes and motifs. The book also
explores Japanese animation, its production and style, some
classics of anime, and digital animation.
Includes quotes by Miyazaki; and resources. Fully illustrated.
With filmography, bibliography and notes. ISBN 9781861713476.
www.crmoon.com AUTHOR'S NOTE: I hope this book offers readers some
new insights into Spirited Away and the movies of the incredible
filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, so they can go back and enjoy the movie
all over again. The book also includes technical info on animation,
a chapter on the animation industry in Japan, and comparisons
between Miyazaki's films and those in the West, including Walt
Disney's work.
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