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Big in Japan: A Guide to the Films of Animation Master Hayao Miyazaki

Logo Studia Ghibli założonego w 1985 r. przez Hayao Miyazakiego, Isao Takahatę i producenta

Toshio Suzukiego.

Artykuł – źródło: http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/big-in-japan-a-guide-to-the-films-of-animation-master-hayao-miyazaki-20140219

Piękny wywiad z Hayao Miyazaki: http://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/hayao-miyazaki-interview

Na zadjęciu Hayao Miyazaki

The revered director earned an Oscar nomination for his controversial 'The Wind Rises'

On February 21st, The Wind Rises, director Hayao Miyazaki's 11th, and supposedly

final, feature film hits American theaters. The movie is a departure for the

legendary animation auteur, whose films are often fantasy tales set in imaginary

worlds. This time around, he's produced a fictionalized biography of Jiro Horikoshi,

the aeronautical designer behind the Mitsubishi A5M and its descendant, the A6M

— the plane used by the Japanese air force in the attack on Pearl Harbor. As

Miyazaki tells it, Horikoshi was largely peaceful in nature, and merely aimed

to design beautiful machines rather than weaponry.

Zrywa się wiatr (2013)

It was that tension that drew Miyazaki to the story, and that tension has made the

film a source of controversy in Japan, where critics on the left have condemend

The Wind Rises for celebrating a man who designed a tool of destruction, while

those on the right have decried it for being anti-nationalistic.

Nonetheless, the film garnered Miyazaki his third Academy Award nomination for

Best Animated Feature (an honor he won for 2001's Spirited Away), and solidified

his place as one of history's most esteemed animated film directors. Indeed, the

73-year-old director isn't just held in high esteem by cartoon buffs, he's arguably

the most famous living Japanese filmmaker.

Spirited Away: W krainie Bogów (2001)

Klip online (kompilacja): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY8HVmHt89Q

He's reached this level of acclaim thanks to his beguiling use of whimsy, grace

and compassion, whether his focus is a 10-year-old kid trying to hold onto a

job in the spirit world or a teenage witch coming to grips with her powers. Like

any artist, Miyazaki's work features recurring themes, imagery and narrative

devices. With that in mind, for all you Miyazaki neophytes out there, here are

five key elements of the master's films.

Podniebna poczta Kiki (1989)

Hard-Nosed Heroines

The Wind Rises has a man for its protagonist, but that makes it something of an

outlier in the director's filmography. Miyazaki's most famous leads are tough

-minded young women who refuse to bend to societal expectations. 1984's

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and 1997's Princess Mononoke, for example,

center on tenacious young women, royals who must go to battle knowing that

they're responsibile for protecting their kingdoms. Below, in the Nausicaä trailer,

we see the eponymous adolescent princess fearlessly dodging gunfire while

soaring on her one-woman glider.

(Wideo dostępne w oryginalnym artykule w linku powyżej)

Księżniczka Mononoke (1997)

A Natural Beauty

Watch any Miyazaki film and it's clear how enthralled the director is by Miyazaki

is by scenes of nature. In Miyazaki's world, you will never see a glossy skyscraper

or parking garage. He'd much rather focus on the pastoral elegance of rolling vistas,

the serene calm of moss-covered trees or the perfect ripple of a passing wave.

In the below scene, from 1988's My Neighbor Totoro, two youngsters seek refuge

in the forested surroundings of their new home and come across a magical entity.

It's a good example of how nature is represented in Miyazaki's films as a place of

wonder and enchantment.

(Wideo dostępne w oryginalnym artykule w linku powyżej)

Mój sąsiad Totoro (1988)

Lovers Not Fighters

Miyazaki's films show a clear contempt for war. That doesn't mean that the

filmmaker is averse to depicting confrontation, it's just that the fights which

interest him usually aren't fought on battlefields. Even in a film like The Wind

Rises, which focuses on the creator of a weapon used prominently in World

War II, Miyazaki is more concerned with the main character Horikoshi's domestic

life and moral struggles than with destructive power. On those occasions when

his characters do arrive at blows with their opponents, it's clear that victory

comes at a cost. In the following scene, from 2004's Howl's Moving Castle,

instead of fighting his attackers, the enigmatic and extremely powerful wizard,

Howl, uses his magic as a distraction and thus allows others to escape unharmed.

(Wideo dostępne w oryginalnym artykule w linku powyżej)

Ruchomy Zamek Hauru (2004)

The Villains Aren't So Bad

Miyazaki steers strongly away from the kinds of one-dimensional "bad"

characters so often associated with children's entertainment. He's less

concerned with passing moral judgment on his antagonists, whether they

be misguided warriors, over-competitive rivals or confused parents, than

he is with portraying them as conflicted beings who have simply made some

bad choices. One of the best examples of this is the underwater-dwelling

wizard Fujimoto from 2008's Ponyo. The character is an overprotective father

who is willing to unleash a giant tsunami on a coastal town rather than figure

out why his daughter desires to experience the surface world. Fujimoto is so

driven by paternal love that he doesn't realize the consequences of his

decisions, an attribute that, weirdly, has made him a favorite among Miyazaki

fans and frequently the focus of compilation videos like this one.

(Wideo dostępne w oryginalnym artykule w linku powyżej)

Ruchomy Zamek Hauru (2004)

Incredible Flying Machines

Just like Hirokoshi in The Wind Rises, Miyazaki grew up in a changing Japanese

culture that was obsessed with airplanes. As we've noted, the director does

tend to emphasize natural beauty, but he's also enamored with the intricacy

of heavy machinery. Look at this Japanese trailer for 1992's Porco Rosso,

where the lovingly recreated planes get as much screen time as the misanthropic

hero of the film's title.

(Wideo dostępne w oryginalnym artykule w linku powyżej)

Utwór z filmu Spirited Away - kompozycja Joe Hisaishi, wybitnego japońskeigo pianisty

i kompozytora pt. The Dragon Boy

Kolejna kompozycja Joe Hisaishi do filmu Księżniczka Mononoke.

Vocabulary:

revere - czcić, darzyć głębokim podziwem

aeronautical - lotniczy

descendant - potomek

merely - jedynie

tension - napięcie

condemn - potępiać

nonetheless - tym niemniej

esteem - szacunek

arguably - zapewne

acclaim - uznanie

beguiling - urzekający

whimsy - zabawnie osobliwy, uroczy

come to grips - dawać sobie radę, mocować się z

recurring themes - powracające tematy/motywy

neophyte - neofita

hard-nosed heroine - silna, zdeterminowana bohaterka

protagonist - protagonista=główny bohater

outlier - osoba z zewnątrz (= outsider)

a lead - główny bohater

tough-minded women - silna, zdeterminowane kobiety

to bend - nagiąć się

tenacious - wytrwały

eponymous adolescent princess - tytułowa, młodociana księżniczka

to dodge - zrobić unik

soar – wznosić się

enthral - fascynować

pastoral elegance - idylliczna elegancja

rolling vistas - faliste perspektywy

serene calm - spokojna cisza

moss - mech

ripple - zmarszczka, fala

youngster - młody człowiek

to seek refuge - szukać ucieczki

a magical entity - magiczna istota

a place of wonder and enchantment - miejsce cudowności i czaru

contempt - pogarda

averse – niechętny

wizard - czarnoksiężnik

prominently - wybitnie, widocznie

thus - tym samym

to steer away - oddalić się od

villain - czarny charakter

one-dimensional - jednowymiarowy

misguided - wprowadzony w błąd

conflicted beings - istoty przeżywające wewnętrzy konflikt

dwelling - zamieszkujący

unleash - rozpętać

to emphasize - podkreślać

enamored - oczarowany, zakochany

intricacy - zawiłość

misanthropic - mizantropijyn (stroniący od ludzi, mający do nich niechętny stosunek)

Spirited Away: W krainie Bogów (2001)

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