THE CINEMA OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI
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.
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.
To write one hit animation movie is amazing, to write eleven is
remarkable. To write and direct one spectacular animated picture is
very impressive, to write and direct eleven features is unheard-of
in the world of contemporary commercial animation.
This new study considers all of his films and TV shows (and his
manga work). It also includes chapters on Studio Ghibli on fellow
director Isao Takahata Miyazaki's influences his contemporaries and
colleagues his characters his movies' relation to Western animation
(including the Walt Disney Company) his unmade films and his themes
and motifs. Japanese animation, its production and style, some
classics of anime, and digital animation are also explored.
Includes quotes by Miyazaki; fans on Miyazaki; and resources.
The second edition has been completely updated and revised.
Fully illustrated. With filmography, bibliography and notes.
520 pages. ISBN 9781861713902. www.crmoon.com AUTHOR'S NOTE: I hope
this book offers readers some new insights into the films of the
incredible filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, so they can go back and enjoy
them all over again. I have looked at all of the key research for
this book, which was begun years ago. I have focussed mainly on the
movies themselves, exploring each one in detail. 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. There are chapters
on the output of Studio Ghibli, and also Isao Takahata, Miyazaki's
colleague.
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