Miyazaki on Spirited Away
The excellent Hiyao Miyazaki fan site Nausicaa.net includes "The Purpose of the Film," a Miyazaki essay on Spirited Away, and an interview with Miyazaki about Spirited Away.
Among other very interesting points, Miyazaki describes the bathhouse as a place for the old Japanese gods to refresh and renew themselves. "It's tough being a Japanese god today," Miyazaki says in the interview. (As we have seen, it's no cakewalk for the American gods, either!)
My favorite quote from the essay: "Chihiro is a heroine, because of her power not to let herself be eaten up. She is a heroine, (but) not because she is beautiful or because she has a matchless heart. This is the merit of this film, and this is why it is a film for 10 year old girls."
Among other very interesting points, Miyazaki describes the bathhouse as a place for the old Japanese gods to refresh and renew themselves. "It's tough being a Japanese god today," Miyazaki says in the interview. (As we have seen, it's no cakewalk for the American gods, either!)
My favorite quote from the essay: "Chihiro is a heroine, because of her power not to let herself be eaten up. She is a heroine, (but) not because she is beautiful or because she has a matchless heart. This is the merit of this film, and this is why it is a film for 10 year old girls."
posted by Andy Duncan at 6:56 PM
1 Comments:
I think it's cool what he said about the bath house being a place for the old Japanese gods to rest. It certainly seemed very god-like in the part of the movie I've gotten to watch so far.
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