tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post7031333995217501025..comments2024-03-19T02:27:08.584-05:00Comments on Ghibli Blog: Studio Ghibli, Animation and the Movies: Got to Get Ourselves Back to the GardenDaniel Thomas MacInneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01406180871529775448noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-34924901386210915412009-08-15T05:16:25.665-05:002009-08-15T05:16:25.665-05:00Well put. Miyazaki's strong visions have pulle...Well put. Miyazaki's strong visions have pulled me in too and made me a lifelong fan, but I must say that for me there is an element of the thinking of a bygone time in them. Miyazaki isn't from my generation, and it shows. Not that it in any way takes away from his message, but his bleak outlook on the clash between the modern man-made world and the old, natural world are quite obviously from a person who is more at home in a bygone era than today. I wouldn't accuse Miyazaki of being lost in nostalgia, but I think he himself has expressed his sometimes pessimistic view of humanity and our future that exist alongside his more positive sides.<br /><br />I'm thinking specifically about Miyazaki's aversion to all things virtual and his comments about how environmental destruction and human progress will make the world come crashing down. I think that the feeling of alienation from the virtual world we've created and the pessimistic outlook on our future clearly comes from an older man who's been through war, the awakening of the enivironmental movement and the transformation of traditional society to modern Japan. Miyazaki's messages are still very touching and relevant, but they're messages from the past in many ways for me. <br /><br />For example, the ending of Nausicaa has always been hard for me to accept. The total rejection of everything modern and advanced, in favor of quite a romantic and fatalistic trust in nature, seems like an overly pessmistic view of human progress and ability to exist in a world with both old and new, man-made and natural. There are strong tones of this in Laputa as well. Maybe it's just me, but I think later generations are generally a bit more accepting of the modern world, and don't have the same problematic view of it.<br /><br />But then again, Mononoke Hime finds a more nuanced and complex balance between man and nature in the end. Maybe Miyazaki has mellowed out a bit with age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-60641802558710368092009-08-14T16:52:59.916-05:002009-08-14T16:52:59.916-05:00I'm afraid I don't know yet, but I will lo...I'm afraid I don't know yet, but I will look into it for you. Have you tried calling? I know that's going to take a while, but it's the best way to go.<br /><br />Good question, though: are there any Ponyo screenings in Japanese?Daniel Thomas MacInneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01406180871529775448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-26183039267626336822009-08-14T13:03:22.964-05:002009-08-14T13:03:22.964-05:00does anyone know of screenings of the japanese lan...does anyone know of screenings of the japanese language version in the new york city area?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com