After almost a decade of secrecy, the infamous director Hayao Miyazaki has released The Boy and The Heron which is meant to act as his swan song before he finally retires from creating animated films.
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Concluding our Miyazaki trilogy, we look back at the 2001’s Spirited Away. Continue reading “UW Film Club Podcast #77: Spirited Away”
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Continuing Piper and Natalia’s introductory dive into Miyazaki oeuvre, we take a trip to 2004 with Stephanie’s favorite Miyazaki film ‘Howl’s Moving Castle.’ Continue reading “UW Film Club Podcast #76: Howl’s Moving Castle”
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Inspired by our latest trilogy and our special guest’s admission of never seeing a Studio Ghibli film, we’ve decided to start off a new trilogy exploring the films of Hayao Miyazaki. Continue reading “UW Film Club Podcast #75: Princess Mononoke”
Hayao Miyazaki. His Wikipedia article may not state it, but he has produced more than enough masterpieces to be unofficially acknowledged as the “godfather of animation.” Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro, and Princess Mononoke are all of the spectacular stories which he has beautifully hand-animated with his collaborators at Studio Ghibli. However, Porco Rosso also deserves to be recognized in his upper-tier of films.
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