Moviejournal: house of dream and madness - Miyazaki and ghili studio story

 Master of Japanese animation and a national treasure, Miyazaki will be long remembered after his death for the movies he has created. I am a huge fan of his spirited away, howe's moving castle, wind rises. The flowing style and true to life and detailed scenes are art in its pure form without modern triviality. Probably only Japan could breed and sustain such raw and pure artistry. The fact that the wind rises even got made is a testament to his pursuit of artistic freedom and purity. Like I've said before, I salute his effort in bring out the truest story he believes he can make out of a conventionally thought war machine. 

Of course its fascinating to observe how ghibli's daily office life (Miya San said ghibli is just a random word he pick from some Italian stuff). The figurines on the shelves and the random little posters and drawings makes me so envious. Miyazaki is upfront about his feelings towards Japan and ghibli, how he's saddened by what he see and he can clearly see total disarray and makes parallel with pre ww2 Japan. Fukushima obviously also made a deep impact inside him. 

This documentary follows a matter of factly narrative aided by people around Miyazaki. The Suzuki dude is fascinating top, they all work in a very close knit fashion and everyone knows an intimate thing or two about each other. The anecdotal story Suzuki told a group of new starts from NTV is fascinating about how spirited away come about. The importance of personal partnership is such a part in film making is powerful. Food for thought, it's people and soft skills that get the ultimate goal. 

Throughout the film we can see Miyazaki as a deeply humanistic, almost eccentric but loveable old dude with impeccable hair and trimmings. Work ethics certainly goes without saying for any major Japanese artist. We could really feel Miya-san's despair for the future and the homogenisation of film making that departs from how he likes to see films done.

I sure hope he makes more for the years to come for ourselves and our kids.