A wonderful and very relatable perspective on the works of an amazing creator. I didn’t skip anything, actually paused and rewound bits to reflect on your analysis, which is spot on. Thank you!
I'm glad I was able to watch it in Japanese on cinemas even when most animated films come translated to my country, the feeling is so amazing. Went with my teenage daughter and we both loved it, and I was able to see how much does age and experience affect how you understand a film. This is a movie that has so much to it that it'll be discussed for many many years to come.
I look forward to watching this again at home now that I've done my homework on it. I am huge Miyazaki fan but I felt almost no connection to the story or characters first time around. Hoping for a better experience next watch. Thanks for the video.
This was a great video. You kinda validated an interpretation I had at first about the film regarding the grand uncle showing what happens when you get lost in escapism. This film has been very cathartic for me and I related a lot to Mahito's story both as a creative and as someone who went through a traumatic childhood. One of the things I loved about the film was just how it portrayed grief and with Mahito's subtle characterization. It's not dramatic. It's just there. What got me watching the film the second time in theaters were the quiet moments early on in the film of him just staring at the ceiling or waking up crying. It's subdued but so raw and... I've been there before around that age. After finally watching the film a second time a couple of days ago in theaters, I can gladly say this is probably one my favorite Miyazaki films. It's a beautiful unhinged acid trip of an exploration of grief and the creative process.
Watching this movie on the big screen was honestly like being invited into the room while Miyazaki tries with all of his might to simply say goodbye to the God of all creation. I've rarely felt so simultaneously sad and devastated, while also extraordinarily lucky to even be alive and present. It is life changing, but only as much as everything else... I hope they continue to screen it in the future long after he passes.
Mythology and fantasy and meaning have a structure which subsists on the collective minds hence culture of generations. That structure won't maintain itself, it requires continuous meddling to keep itself in balance, without falling. At some point, ot can no longer hold itself, and requires the vision of new eyes and minds and hands to restructure it without the enforcement of influence of the world which came before... Because the world has changed, it requires new meaning, new fantasy. Something that can only be inherited by the new generation, unmolded by the experiences of the old, but shaped by the world they made. The rejection of rebuilding the structure by the main character I think symbolizes the rejection of old visions shaping the new, which is an impossibility, but the rebelious heart of humanity must reject to create. The anthitesis to the thesis. I think Miyazaki realized that his son Goro could never follow in his footsteps, he was shaped by a world too different. Having learned that, his dedication to his grandson makes sense. The world that made Miyazaki is dead, and soon so will be ours, and so onward. Our underlying structure of meaning wont hold itself in such a different new world. Its agents will create things we never thought of, and reject things we thought being universal good. This terrifies me. The world that made me dying before me terrifies me. It is not the structure that must be preserved though, but the fire which chased its building in the first place.
Glad I'm not the only one who got Miyazaki's presence through the movie, like, I admit I don't know the man more than the next guy, but there's just something so detailed yet realistic in this story that you can't get by common means of storytelling, it's so introspective and honest.
Saw it with subs and in English in theaters, it’s his most unhinged, esoteric, unapologetic and deranged. I want his next film to be equally uncensored and uncomfortable. He deserves to let loose.
Amazing review!!! You're so so smart and emotionally open and mature. I love the way you talk about this movie and man! You understand it so so so well. Better than Hayao himself haha
This didn't come across pretentious at all, your perspective is well constructed and philosophical. The video was well paced and don't worry about the repetition of images (we all know how RU-vid is). This movie is a masterpiece and you've transmitted that quite well. See you on the next one!
Nice review! Enjoyed a lot your perspective. I haven't seen the movie yet but will definitely go see it! The spoilers didn't make me any less curious aha
Great video, well written, emotional, engaging and honest. Didn't skip one moment of it. Please continue doing reviews/analysis/sharing your perspective!
The video really resonated with me emotionally and had great insight with what the movie means - which is unique for every single one who sees it. Great job João. And those nightmare sequences are among my favorite sequences ever in the history of movies let alone the animation kind.
Nietzsche would of actually loved this, his point wasn't that everything was meaningless, it's that it's meaningless so we get to pick. the whole god is dead thing, is only a portion, "God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?" The ubermensch wasn't some genetically superior super human... the act of superhuman power was the creation of meaning, the superman is someone who defines their own meaning. Nietzsche, was essentially a frail, tired, sad, man, someone both beautifully human and humane, who came to the philosophical conclusion, when the world told him 'none of this matters', "nothing does, but so what?" The man's literary career literally ended when he had a mental break down hugging a horse that was being beaten in the street, begging people to stop. Love, patience, understanding, meaning, in the face of the void are the superhuman traits of his philosophy.
