First, the connotation of the story

Let's analyze the basic connotation of the story first. The film uses a lot of metaphorical symbols, one of which is the moving castle. What does it mean to move the castle?

As we know, in western literature, a castle usually refers to an autistic mind. For example, Edward Scissorhands or Duke Dracula, a vampire, stayed alone in the castle all the year round, expecting to be rescued. In those movies, the castle is a symbol of the protagonist's autistic mind. So, what does it mean to move the castle? My understanding is that moving the castle refers to Hall's wandering heart. This mobile castle was moved by the fire demon Cassifa, and its magic came from the heart of Hall. Therefore, moving the castle is actually Hall's mental illusion. At the beginning of the film, a castle walks slowly on the plain. The metal castle supported by four claws looks like a colorful heart, and the chimney and roof are as dense as cardiovascular. The castle stopped in front of Sophie, making a high decibel noise. The castle trembled violently. It was Hall's heart that trembled-he finally waited for his sweetheart.

The mobile castle is a magical doppelganger created by the fire demon Cassifa, and the room inside is actually Hall's home in the harbor. Sophie had just entered the castle when she saw a square doorknob on the lintel. There are four colors on all sides of the door knob, the blue is facing up, and the haven is outside the door. Red is facing up, and outside the door is the location of the palace; Green is up, outside the door is the way to move the castle, black is up, and outside the door is the battlefield filled with smoke. Later, Hall moved his family to Qiping Town, replacing one exit with his new home in Qiping Town and the other with his secret garden. That is to say, in Hall's house, as long as you turn the door button, there can be any four vacancies outside the door. It's like a person sitting at home, imagining that he will enter all kinds of virtual spaces at any time and experience all kinds of events: born in his hometown, wandering in vanity fair, resisting evil forces in the dark, building a new nest with his lover, stopping in a pure and beautiful garden of the soul, imagining having a powerful fortress to compete with the secular ... This post-modern collage method is similar to a westward journey.

The two protagonists in this film are full of human factors, far exceeding any role in previous comics. Sophie is a quiet and kind little girl. She fell in love with Hall at first sight, but she thought she was not beautiful and dared not expect the charming Hall to love herself. She was turned into an old woman by a witch in the wilderness, and then she came to Hall's mobile castle to clean the room for Hall. She thinks that as long as she is an old woman, she won't be embarrassed to do anything for Hall, so she would rather be an old woman. This is her heart knot, and her old state is actually a reflection of her inner depression and inferiority. The hero Hall is a powerful magician. He is kind-hearted, handsome, dressy and a little timid, but he will be brave when his lover is present. Hall is a lonely anti-war because he doesn't want to work for the belligerent palace, avoids the king's call-up and often destroys the war. This halo was specially added by Miyazaki Hayao, but it was not in the original work.

In the original book, Hal is just a magician who deals with witches in the wilderness with the king's reward. There is no war scene in the original work. Miyazaki Hayao deliberately developed an anti-war theme, and changed Mrs. Sariman, Hall's teacher, into a belligerent and autocratic villain, making this film almost an anti-war film. Considering that Miyazaki Hayao himself has always been anti-war, Hal seems to be a spokesman for Miyazaki Hayao.

Miyazaki Hayao claimed: "This is an animation I tried to create for the elderly." Let's say, "This is an animation I created for myself, an old man in his sixties." I believe that this is Miyazaki Hayao's long-simmering spiritual poem, which has been flowing in Miyazaki Hayao's heart for a long time.

Second, Hall.

Who's Hall? He is the most beautiful figure in Miyazaki Hayao's works, and an idealist who is not tolerated by the world.

Hall's first appearance was in a quiet street. Sophie met two soldiers molesting her in the street. Hall suddenly appeared, and with a finger, she was relieved. The witch's men chased them, and Hall took Sophie into the air. Two people walked slowly in the rhythm of dance music, stepping on the bustling scene of the world. Sophie landed on Hall's balcony like a dream. Hall waved his hand, flew down and disappeared. This is a fantastic appearance. Hall, with blond hair and blue eyes, blurred eyes and gentle manners, is a hero who saves America. He is gentle, kind, mysterious and romantic, and satisfies all girls' fantasies about Prince Charming.

Hall's second appearance was after Sophie became an old woman. Sophie was cooking on the fire at that time. When Hall came in, he saw a stranger coming home and asked, "Excuse me, who are you?" Sophie smiled and said, "I'm Sophie's mother-in-law, the new cleaner in the castle." Without asking much, Hall grabbed Sophie's spatula. "Please give me two pieces of bacon and six eggs." Sophie handed the eggs and bacon to Hall, who cooked quietly, knocked the eggs into the pot one by one, and then threw the eggshells into the stove. The frying pan sizzled and the flames jumped happily. Hall cooked a hearty breakfast. Later, the two of them sat down to have dinner with their little apprentice Maruk, just like a family. To my surprise, Hall's second appearance turned out to be doing housework. He can cook like most single men! As a great magician, Hall is undoubtedly a good man.

Hall has another advantage. He speaks very politely. He often uses polite expressions such as "please" and "trouble you" when he speaks, and his manners are polite. In the palace, facing his enemy, Mrs. Sariman, Holming knew that there would be a fierce battle next, but he bent down to salute Mrs. Sariman and said, "The teacher's spirit is good and gratifying. I came as promised. " Take your time.

There is only one exception. One day, Sophie accidentally moved the shelf in the bathroom and messed up the magic. Hall's hair never turned back to beautiful golden yellow. He stumbled downstairs with a bath towel and lost his temper with Sophie: "Sophie! Did you move the shelf in the bathroom? Look, the hair has turned into this strange color! " He shouted in despair and slumped down in the chair. "It's a great shame to be hopeless ... if it's not beautiful, what's the point of living ..." He fell dead on the stove, and green mucus emerged from his body. The room was dark, the dark elves danced, the beams twisted and trembled, and the green mucus flowed all over the floor. Sophie had to carry Hall upstairs. The play is slightly comic, revealing Hall's childish side.

Hall is lazy, depressed and unsanitary. When Sophie first entered the castle, she saw that the castle was in a mess, the beams were covered with dust, and spiders and reptiles were everywhere. As we know, the castle is Hall's mental illusion, and the mess in the castle shows that Hall's will is very depressed. However, although Hall was depressed, he still insisted on going to the battlefield every day. He is a staunch anti-war, bent on preventing the war from destroying the town.

At the beginning of the film, in Sophie's hat shop, the girls talked about Hall in succession: "It's terrible to hear that the girl named Martha in NamCHO was taken away by Hal!" Legend has it that Hall is a demon. When it comes to tigers, everyone turns pale. This is like some chivalrous men in Jin Yong's works, such as, Golden Snake, Lang Jun, Huang and so on. Although they are all indomitable figures, they are regarded as the big devil by "noble and decent". In the eyes of the world, maverick people are eccentric, while maverick and highly capable people are almost a disaster. Even the royal magician, Ms. Sally Mann, thinks Hal is very dangerous. But as a person who gets along with Hall day and night, Sophie is convinced that Hall is not a bad person, but why does everyone make Hall so terrible?

At the end of the film, the suspense was finally uncovered. The castle collapsed and Sophie fell to the bottom. In despair, she found that the ring that Hal gave her was moving, and the light of the ring pointed to the door of the castle. She opened the door of the castle, went through a long tunnel and entered a room. There is a table in the room, covered with paper full of words, which is Hall's handwriting. When she walked out of the house, she found Hal's secret garden outside. Meteors in the sky crossed the road, hit the grass and fell into the water, making a tinkling sound. A thin little boy came from a distance. It was Hall of his childhood. Sophie was stunned. The little boy stood in the middle of the grass, and a meteor fell from the sky, shining brightly in his hand. The little boy smiled and mumbled with a meteor, as if he were making a wish. Then he looked up and swallowed it. Sophie saw all this from a distance and could hardly believe it-that was the so-called contract, the so-called transaction. That's actually just a wish of the child! The boy bent down with a frown and covered his chest, and then he stretched out a burning heart. The flame was burning, and the boy stood quietly in the middle of the lawn, holding his burning heart in his hand. This is the most classic scene in the whole film. In an instant, Sophie understood everything.

We should remember Gorky wrote a song "Koeman Dance". In order to lead the forest out of the dark, Danko took out his burning heart and lit the way for the people. Danke is a hero with strong salvation feelings and the most famous figure in Gorky's works. As long as you hold that burning heart in your hand, I believe everyone who knows Danko will think of Danko. Like Dan Ke, the little boy Hall holds his heart in his hand, but he is not only trying to save the world, but also trying to save himself. He doesn't want to be loyal to the kingdom, and he doesn't want to persecute the people with war. He wants to strive for a free and peaceful environment. So, he entrusted his heart to the meteor, turned the meteor into a fire demon, and built a powerful mobile castle by the power of the fire demon. Since then, he has been hiding in the castle all day, avoiding the call of the king and going out at any time to stop the spread of the war. In fact, Hall's wish is just that of an ordinary child, but this simple wish is actually very dangerous in the adult world accustomed to slavery and autocracy. When Hall dug out his young heart, Sophie understood everything from a distance. The underground suddenly cracked, and powerful time and space wanted to suck Sophie back. Sophie couldn't help shouting, "Hall, Cassirer, it's Sophie, wait for me! I will definitely come to you! Wait for me later-"She knew that he would face a long-term lonely situation, and she wanted to give him a love agreement. Hall looked back in surprise and saw a girl sink into the ground and disappear. On the day when he gave his heart to the fire devil, he felt the call of love, so he waited for Sophie and his sweetheart. Until one day, he found a Sophie's mother-in-law who claimed to be a cleaning lady in the castle, and he knew it was his lover. The first thing he did was to grab her spatula and cook her a big breakfast.

In the garden full of meteors, Hall, a little boy, is holding a burning heart fire and facing the distance. This scene is so touching and sad. Sophie walked back in just visiting, crying as she walked. It was just a child's simple wish, but it became the whole price of being a man. Hall has since been regarded as a thorn in the side of the world. He exiled himself and drove the castle across countless mountains and seas to find his lover. Now, his lover has finally arrived. Sophie walked out of the tunnel and saw Hall, like a big bird, quietly waiting for her in the valley. She stepped forward, brushed his unkempt feathers, kissed his bloodstained face and said:

"Hall, I'm sorry, you wait for me here. I didn't come until now."

This is the most touching confession. She realized that he had been waiting for her. He suffered so much and fought alone for so long, but she never shared it for him. She felt guilty.

Then, Sophie lifted the contract between Hall and Cassirer and put her heart back into Hall's heart. Hall got his heart back, and Caspar survived. They rebuilt a beautiful garden castle. What dominates this garden castle is no longer Hall's lonely, angry and rebellious heart, but the love between Hall and Sophie. Although the happy ending is too old-fashioned, it makes sense. Come to think of it carefully, maybe only love can save this idealist who is not allowed by the world, and maybe only love can make this man immersed in a heroic dream go home.

This is the story of Hall. I like this story. Every idealist has a temple in his heart. Some people find love, others don't, maybe they will never get it. People who can't get love are likely to become demons like wild witches; Or some people will, like Dan Coleman, die in obscurity in the indifference of the world.

Third, dialogue.

Sophie returned to Hall's childhood and witnessed Hall catch a meteor and take out his heart. This scene was added by Miyazaki Hayao, but it didn't exist in the original. Most of the wonderful scenes in this film were written by Miyazaki Hayao. This is a wonderful script, and some profound and touching dialogues are thought-provoking.

For example, in the palace, Mrs Sariman said to Sophie:

"He (Don) is my last entry disciple. The child is talented, and I am glad that I have finally found someone who can inherit my position. Unexpectedly, the child's heart was taken away by the devil and left me, becoming a person who only used magic for his own benefit. This child is dangerous. He is heartless, but he has too much power. If this goes on, Hall will become like a witch in the wilderness. The wild witch used to be an extremely clever magician, but she made a deal with the devil. For a long time, her body and mind were swallowed up. Now our kingdom can no longer tolerate these heretical wizards fooling around. If Hall is willing to come here to serve the kingdom, he will disown the devil. I'll teach you the method. If you don't come, I will abolish his magic, just like that woman. "

The beginning of this sentence is a bit mysterious. Mrs. Sariman asserted that Hall's heart had been taken away by the devil. Hall has no heart, but he has great power and is a very dangerous person. Mrs. Sariman made her position clear. What she means is that wizards should be loyal to the kingdom. As the saying goes, "If you learn martial arts, the goods will be sold to royalty." A wizard is a dangerous man if he doesn't want to be dominated by the ruler. She threatened that if Hall didn't report to the palace, she would abolish Hall's magic, just like the witch's magic in the wilderness. This is a bit murderous.

Although Sophie doesn't know what happened between Hall and Vulcan Cassirer, she stood up angrily and retorted out of her understanding and love for Hall.

"I finally know why Hall doesn't want to come here. This is a strange place, people are invited to come over, but the old people are asked to climb a flight of stairs first and then take them to a strange room. Isn't this bullying? You said hall's heart was swallowed up. He is really a wayward and timid person, and he doesn't know what's going on in his head, but at least he is honest and wants to live his own life. Hall won't come here, and he won't be the devil. He will find a way to solve the problem with the devil himself. I believe he will! "

In history, it is common to invite people over, but let them climb a flight of stairs first. For example, in old China, when courtiers met the emperor, they had to climb a flight of stairs, kneel down three times and knock nine times before bowing down. This is actually a common phenomenon that people oppress people in a hierarchical society. But all this seems extremely unreasonable to Sophie. She understood Hall's mind. He doesn't want to integrate into the hierarchical society, to be suppressed, and to suppress others. He didn't want to come to the palace because he wanted to protect freedom and dignity, but the autocratic ruler thought he was "very dangerous". Sophie couldn't help defending Hall loudly: "At least he is honest, and he wants to live his own life." Get on the floor.

This wonderful debate reveals the root of the conflict between the pros and cons of the film, that is, the irreconcilable contradiction between absolutism and liberalism. In the eyes of absolutists, a capable person is unwilling to integrate into society, wandering around all day and often doing things that violate policies. This is like giving his heart to the devil, which is very terrible. In the eyes of liberals, they have the right to control their own lives, and they are fighting for moral ideals. In order to realize their moral ideals, they would rather pay the price, even if they shed blood and sacrifice, they must never act as humble members of a hierarchical society.

Speaking of which, we have to analyze the fire demon Cassifa in detail. What does the fire demon Cassifa mean? We know that his predecessor was a dying meteor, and the meteor, in the eyes of ordinary people, is the object of wish. Hall gave his heart to the meteor, which is equivalent to entrusting his heart to his wish. In other words, the fire demon Cassifa is actually the dream fire in Hall's heart.

So, what is Hall's dream? According to Mrs. Sariman in the film, "the child's heart was taken away by the devil, and he became a person who only used magic for his own benefit." In other words, after Hall took out his heart, the first thing he did was to fight for freedom. He doesn't want to obey the palace, and he doesn't want to be pushed around. He left Mrs. Sariman, and he wanted to build his own castle with the fire of dreams and realize his desire for freedom and peace. Hall's dream is freedom and peace.

In the film, Cassifa is called "the devil", not only by Mrs. Sariman, but also by Sophie, and even Cassifa claims to be "the devil!" This is very interesting. Cassifa is a friend of Hall and Sophie. He is the dream fire in Hall's heart, but in the eyes of the world, he is a devil because he "devours people's body and mind". It makes sense to think about it. Idealism is a double-edged sword. A child stubbornly pursues his dream with a willful heart. If he keeps refusing to make any compromise with reality, he will become a madman sooner or later. The so-called growth is the process of constantly compromising with reality; The so-called maturity is the transformation from idealism to empiricism. There is no absolute freedom in the world just as there is no permanent tyranny in the world. A person immersed in a state of freedom for too long will eventually be depressed and decadent, or run amok and be exhausted. Miyazaki Hayao has a unique view in this respect. It seems that he is not only an animator who stays in the studio all day and daydreams, but also a thinker.

Although Miyazaki Hayao is firmly opposed to the war, he doesn't seem keen to be a hero. In the second half of the film, there is a scene in which Hall and Sophie's new home are attacked by gunfire. Hall is determined to defend his home. He said to Sophie, "Sophie, you stay here. Cassifa will protect you, and I'll stay outside." Sophie hurried forward, "wait! Hall, you can't go, stay here! " Hall said sadly, "The next air raid is coming, and Cahill can't stop it." Sophie suggested, "Run, don't hit them!" "Hall calmly and firmly replied," why? I have escaped enough in these years, and finally I have someone I have to guard, and that is you. " With that, he flew out and threw himself into the battlefield filled with smoke without hesitation.

A responsible man, after meeting his lover, has doubled his courage and bravely shouldered the burden of protecting his family during the war. It is really touching. But is fighting alone the right way to protect your lover? How can one person's strength stop a huge legion? After all, Hall is a stubborn idealist. He believes that good people should die in battle and should not escape from the battlefield. But Sophie doesn't think so. Sophie saw that Hall was attacked in the air, and she cried out in pain. She was so scared that she immediately moved Cassirer and called Hall back. She said:

"As long as we stay here, I'm afraid Hall won't come back. It is better to be a coward. "

Sophie means that she doesn't want Hall to be a hero. She just wants everyone to be safe. They might as well flee to safety. She didn't want Hall to pester the enemy. She would rather Hall was a coward. Sophie's words won my heart. People with a temper like Hall are mostly scholars and artists all their lives. How did he save the day? Once the killing machine is started, it is either killing or being killed. What is the value of self-sacrifice of small people? It is wise to choose to run away like Sophie. I quite agree with Sophie, although I prefer Hall.

The above two dialogues are the essence of the film idea. These two plays show Miyazaki Hayao's profound understanding of idealism.

Fourth, the situation

As the most significant figure in Miyazaki Hayao's works, Hall has many images. When he first appeared, Hall wore a colorful long coat, long jade earrings, a golden shawl and blurred blue eyes, just like a dream prince in a fairy tale. Later, the coat became lighter and the hairstyle became straight, which was still very beautiful. After Hall's hair turned black again, his image became simple. He didn't even wear a beautiful long coat, only a white shirt, which was a bit homely. Don't underestimate this change, which means that under the influence of Sophie, Hall gradually got rid of narcissism and weakness and became mature.

Many scenes in the film left a deep impression on people. In one scene, Hall slept quietly on the bed, wearing a white shirt and closing his eyes. The bed was filled with all kinds of strange toys, golden and dreamy. This scene is like a pure white prince sleeping in a bright dream of a child, reminiscent of Klimt's oil painting.

In another scene, Hall loses his temper and summons the dark elves. He looked pale and fell on the stove, like a seriously ill child, and the melancholy green mucus flowed all over the floor. The surrounding shadows are dim, the light is dim, and the beam furniture in the house is twisted and uneasy. The picture is tense, the color is heavy and gloomy, and the style is somewhat similar to Monk's print "Uneasy".

Here is the production of this film. There is a leap in the production of this film. Although the figures are still hand-painted, some sets, props and lights use computer 3D technology for the first time. Because the characters are still hand-painted, it can continue the overall light and simple style of the film, but the picture often has the charm of oil painting or printmaking. This is really an amazing breakthrough. In the film, wood, wooden doors, wooden columns, Shi Zhuan, walls, toys and other materials are delicate, realistic and shiny; Light permeates naturally like real light, and even the dust in the light is clearly visible. Such a picture can't help but remind people of the works of Venetian School or Dutch School. This effect is amazing.

In this ambitious cartoon, Miyazaki Hayao gave up his favorite large-scale war scene. People familiar with Miyazaki Hayao should remember that Miyazaki Hayao is very good at the scene operation of large-scale air combat, but there is no commendable air combat scene in this film. However, Hall became a big gray bird, and his flying posture in the smoky night sky left a deep impression on people.

Guns rumbled in the night sky, the airship was blown to pieces, and the sky became a sea of fire. Hall spread his wings and flew in, his eyes wide open, and his huge wings were flat and as powerful as a giant eagle; He flitted across the smoky night sky, as agile as a petrel skimming over a cloudy sea.

It is no accident that Hall's flying model looks like a giant eagle at close range and a petrel at a distance. Eagle and Haiyan are both famous birds in Gorky's works. "Let the storm come more violently!" We all remember this famous saying. Song of Haiyan and Song of Eagle are Gorky's most famous essays, which were once praised as "proletarian revolutionary romanticism". Considering that the scene of Hall holding a heart fire is very similar to Gorky's Dan Koeman, I have reason to speculate that Miyazaki Hayao was inspired by Gorky. Obviously, the role of Hall combines the characteristics of Danke, Giant Eagle and Haiyan. However, Miyazaki Hayao has no romantic intention. While portraying Hall, the hero of the Anti-Japanese War, he also reflected on idealism. He not only highlighted Hall's fighting spirit, but also emphasized his independent and free spirit, love ideal and pastoral ideal, which, in the view of proletarian revolutionaries fifty years ago, belonged to "decadent petty bourgeoisie sentiment" and should be criticized. Miyazaki Hayao's style is quite different from Gorky's. What he wants is the aestheticism of situation. He wants to turn his strong feelings of saving the world into beautiful lyrics. This is his artistic concept.

There are several scenes with strange atmosphere and mysterious beauty. In the first scene, Hall returns from the battlefield, drops his wings, sits down in a chair, and talks with the fire demon Cassifa. The light in the room was dim and Hall was exhausted. He said gloomily, "This war is fierce. From the sea in the south to the border in the north, it is a sea of fire. " "I hate gunpowder fire!" Cassifa cried. Those guys don't have the word politeness in their dictionary! "In fact, card lucifer is the fire in Hall's heart, and Hall speaks to the stove, essentially speaking to his own heart. In the dark room, lonely and tired Hall told his heart to the flame, which left a deep impression on people.

The more peculiar scene is a dream. When Hall came back from the battlefield for the second time, Sophie heard the sound and woke up from her dream. Then she turned back into a girl. In fact, she is dreaming, and people are the most relaxed in their sleep, so Sophie in her sleep forgets her inferiority and becomes a girl again. She was shocked and hurt when she saw the feathers stained with blood. She went upstairs with a candle and went to Hall's room. When she opened the door, she saw two passages filled with colorful toys in the room, leading to the unknown distance. Walking through a toy aisle, she saw a big bird shivering at the end and exclaimed, "Hall, isn't it Hall?" Is it sad? Are you hurt? "The big bird shivered and whispered," Don't come here-"Sophie said," Never mind, let me help you, let me help you break the spell, ok? " The big bird suddenly looked up, revealing a skull face, and said, "You can't even undo the spell on yourself. Can you help me? " Sophie shouted, "That's different, because I love you! "The skeleton sighed." It's too late. " Say and wings to leave, gray feathers are flying, the situation is bleak, Sophie suddenly grew old and stood still. Hall, a seemingly powerful magician, is actually just a child hiding in a toy bush and stubbornly dreaming heroic dreams. He was lonely, injured and autistic for many years. Although Sophie has felt the loneliness and pain of Hall, she can't get rid of her inferiority complex and dare not approach her sweetheart. She felt anxious and didn't know what to do. This dream is full of gothic blurred atmosphere, and the artistic conception is deep, sad and unforgettable.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) conclusion

There is something wrong with the ending of this movie. Seeing that Hall and others turned the corner, Mrs. Sariman immediately decided to call a truce, which was really puzzling. Why did she decide to stop fighting? The film did not explain why. It is estimated that the producers imposed the Ming tail in order to ensure the box office. This is a flaw in the film.

However, the film as a whole is still brilliant. This film embeds spiritual metaphor into a simple story frame like a fairy tale; It is refreshing to integrate the modern ideas of love, freedom and peace into the poetic style of aesthetic lyricism. This film has a modern aesthetic feeling and is an art in the new century, which is different from any previous film. I think this is a landmark work.

In the past half century, several generations of avant-garde filmmakers have deliberately pursued formal aestheticism, including tarkovsky, Bergman, Ferini, antonioni, An Zhe Rovsky and movie master. Many of their works have beautiful images, slow pace, obscure plots and extremely limited audiences. In fact, movies that are not necessarily profound must be obscure, such as Hall's Moving Castle, which is very interesting, and its ideological and aesthetic level is no less than any poetic movie. Therefore, formal aesthetics is not the only way to the art palace. Popular themes and simple plots, coupled with reasonable artists, can still reach the high realm of art. The academic circles are obsessed with formal aesthetics and blindly advocate pure imagery theory, which is purely a manifestation of arrogance and separation from the audience.

So, what is the secret of success?

The first is to create characters. Hall and Sophie have rich personality characteristics, but in previous poetic films, such as Soul of Venice and Magic Mirror, the characters were just props and symbols in a beautiful long shot. Such films are usually only lyrical, and it is difficult to carry profound thoughts. Take Miyazaki Hayao's past works, such as City in the Sky. The two protagonists are simple and lovely, and their personalities are too thin to contain profound humanistic connotations. Therefore, City in the Sky is only a critical work, far less profound than Hall's Moving Castle.

Secondly, we should inject modern ideas into the film, instead of advocating the struggle idea or sacrifice spirit of the old times. Last century, forty years of war and fifty years of cold war brought great pain to the whole world. Artists rose up to create and tried to seek salvation for the world with religious piety. Now people's life is more and more stable, the trend has changed, and freedom, independence, equality and peace have gradually become the mainstream concepts of modern people. An era has an art of an era. Anyone who preaches old ideas backwards, that is, frying cold rice, picking up wisdom from others, and that is pedantic and conservative.

Most importantly, we must understand that although times are changing, some things will not change. For example, Tang poetry and Song poetry will never be out of date. Aesthetic lyricism is an immortal trend. The yearning for love and beauty is always rooted in everyone's heart. In order to practice his aesthetic thoughts, Miyazaki Hayao painstakingly shaped this beautiful hall and carefully arranged the environment here. He believes that comics can also practice artistic ideals, and it is indeed the case. Animation is a combination of painting art and film art, and animation can realize visual beauty more conveniently than live-action movies. In a beautiful situation, the music is sad and low, and the plot quietly shows the heart of an idealist who is not accepted by the world. It is the most touching moment that that tender heart finally reveals pure and beautiful faith. That kind of moving beauty is completely different from the tragic beauty that reflects the strong worries of adults. After watching Miyazaki Hayao's animation, we know that there is pure beauty besides tragic beauty.

We might as well compare Miyazaki Hayao with his peers. The vast majority of Hollywood cartoons only seek entertainment, and the pictures are exaggerated and vague, which is not very interesting. Even Miyazaki Hayao's colleague Gao Tianxun, whose masterpiece Goodbye Firefly is tragic and painful, bitter and bitter, has nothing to do with pure poetry. However, in Miyazaki Hayao's films, poetic and childlike good wishes run through almost every work, including Red Pig, with middle-aged people as the leading role. It can be said that Miyazaki Hayao has established his own aesthetic system and is a real master. Someone once said that Miyazaki Hayao was "Japanese Jin Yong" and "animated Shakespeare", but now it seems that these terms are not appropriate. Miyazaki Hayao is Miyazaki Hayao, an epoch-making figure who broke new ground in the art field. I sincerely hope that his next works will continue to surprise and move us.