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by fitzwatermellow
3971 days ago
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Might be in the minority, but I strongly disagree with the assessment that Miyazaki-san's final film "The Wind Rises" was not amongst his greatest. I re-view it every few months for inspiration and find it holds up quite powerfully with each repetition. Japanese anime does Italian neo-realism in epic scale. The engineer as the manifestor of dreams. War as a terrible catalyst of progress. Surreally creepy voice acting by Werner Herzog as the mysterious Castorp in an homage to Thomas Mann. What's not to love? For more on the controversy here's a link to the Chicago Reader review that sums up why some perceived it as being sympathetic to fascism: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-wind-rises-hayao-mi... |
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