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.
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 actually 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.
To write one hit animation movie is amazing, to write seven is
remarkable. To write and direct one spectacular animated picture is
very impressive, to write and direct seven features is almost
unheard-of in the world of contemporary commercial animation.
This new study of Hayao Miyazaki 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 Disney) his unmade films and his
themes and motifs.
The Cinema of Hayao Miyazaki also explores Japanese animation,
its production and style, some classics of anime, and digital
animation.
Includes quotes by Miyazaki; fans on Miyazaki; and resources.
Fully illustrated. With filmography, bibliography and notes.
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