From the early days to Oscar glory.
There’s no question that Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki is one of the greatest his artform has ever known. For nearly half a century he’s created some of the richest, lushest, most empowering and impactful animated films the world has ever known — Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, The Wind Rises — so much so that when Disney, that other global animation force, realized they couldn’t beat him, they joined him, acquiring his production house Studio Ghibli.
Miyazaki retired a few years ago, but fortunately for his legion of fans it was a short-lived retreat from the limelight. Recently the director announced he’ll be back for the film Boro the Caterpillar, a story he’s been toying with making for more than 20 years and that he already made a short, 15-minute film about — Mizugumo Monmon — back in 2006. The story revolves around a diving...
There’s no question that Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki is one of the greatest his artform has ever known. For nearly half a century he’s created some of the richest, lushest, most empowering and impactful animated films the world has ever known — Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, The Wind Rises — so much so that when Disney, that other global animation force, realized they couldn’t beat him, they joined him, acquiring his production house Studio Ghibli.
Miyazaki retired a few years ago, but fortunately for his legion of fans it was a short-lived retreat from the limelight. Recently the director announced he’ll be back for the film Boro the Caterpillar, a story he’s been toying with making for more than 20 years and that he already made a short, 15-minute film about — Mizugumo Monmon — back in 2006. The story revolves around a diving...
- 4/19/2017
- by H. Perry Horton
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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