A bit of green light swayed past the eyes. In an instant, the sultry air of the summer night seemed to be stagnant. The city's gorgeous neon lights and the city's feasting and feasting It seems to have disappeared silently, only a glimmer of light in front of my eyes, silently, gradually amplified...
Miyazaki Hayao, I always think that he is also such a firefly, not arrogant and never giving up. , silently and stubbornly emitting a faint but warm light, recreating the beautiful world in your heart, waiting for the dream that has long been lost in the times.
He has an obsession: insist on hand-drawing and refuse computers. He is a "old-fashioned" handicraft artist in the high-tech era. For decades, he has built one obsessive world after another using only a pen and a piece of paper.
Hayao Miyazaki insists on hand-drawing. In his view, painting skills are something animation creators can never abandon. "This is an era of animation technology. Everything can be easily accomplished with technology, but I don't like to ride on the wind. The brightness of the picture is better controlled by people."
An animation requires more than 100,000 drawings of manuscripts, characters, scenes, compositions, etc., and it takes three or four years to produce a work; he has no script, "When I start drawing, the story follows Unfolding” means he doesn’t know when the story will end and whether it will be good or not, which is a gamble.
Studio Ghibli is secluded and deserted, filled with pencils and paper. It lags behind Hollywood animation studios by more than an era. However, it is these hand-drawn drawings that beat Hollywood time and time again and create Business miracle.
His insistence on "drawing his heart by hand" caused his eyesight to seriously decline, and long-term desk work made his frozen shoulder more and more serious. Now he is old, but he is still persisting, like Fireflies flickering on a summer night.
In 1922, French film critic Elie Faure predicted: "One day cartoons will have a sense of depth, superb modeling, and layered colors... There will be the soul of Delacroix, Reuben The charm of Goya, the vitality of Michelangelo. A visual symphony that is more exciting than the sound symphony created by the greatest musicians. "Eighty years later, the world's animation industry is closest to Egypt. Leigh Fore's dream was Hayao Miyazaki.
No one has ever made cartoons that touch people's hearts like him. Different from the traditional opposition between good and evil, the themes of his works involve war and peace, man and nature, growth, and memories. There are too many modifications, and it seems to have the warmth of time. Speaking of it, our love for him is mostly due to our greed for such warmth and nostalgia for the passing time.
Looking at his works, there is always an uncontrollable expectation and joy. He tells the world in an almost gentle way, the importance of hope, warmth and love. His expressions are hidden in bright colors. , fresh and bright animation, with a persuasiveness that touches people's hearts.
About growth
We are always particularly tolerant of the boys and girls in his works. Hayao Miyazaki not only shows their strengths, but also their shortcomings, which is true. It makes us feel kind and tolerant, and we look forward to their growth.
Chihiro in "Spirited Away", an ordinary ten-year-old Japanese girl, accidentally came to an ancient medieval town. With the help of the white dragon, she was able to settle down in that magical country. After reading it, I initially thought it was a fantasy journey of Qianxun, but later I discovered that it was a story related to growth.
When Qianxun went to Granny Qian to save Bailong, returned the seal, and apologized to her on behalf of Bailong, Granny Qian told Qianxun that no matter what happened, she would save Bailong and return to her parents. In the original world, etc., you can only rely on yourself, just as Bailong said to Qianxun, "I can only send you here, you have to walk the rest of the way by yourself, don't look back." This is actually the rule of the game that we must face in the real society. The only one we can always rely on is ourselves. When Qianxun finally got on the train that never returned, there was no longer any hesitation and panic in her eyes. The timid and crying Qianxun at first had disappeared. She took the initiative to embark on the journey of destiny to find herself. It is also self-growth.
As Hayao Miyazaki himself said, "All growth is always a journey in the end."
About bravery
Intoxicated by Hayao Miyazaki's storytelling, he has a different interpretation of bravery. Under his lens, girls and boys try their best to protect and fight. They have no superpowers, or are obviously at a disadvantage. The final victory often relies not on strength, but on faith. He used justice supported by "weakness" to fight against evil, and his bravery and fearlessness bursting out from his yearning for a better world easily moved people's hearts.
"Castle in the Sky", an ordinary miner boy and the weak-looking Laputa heir Shida embarks on an adventure journey in order to protect the flying stone and determine to find the Castle in the Sky (Laputa). In addition to the stunningly beautiful pictures inside, you will be shocked by Hida's courage. How can a girl with no fighting ability resist an army? Faced with the huge greed of the army leader Muska: "As long as I get Laputa's huge energy, I can control the whole world", Hida's response makes us think deeply in industrial civilization, "The roots must be rooted in the soil , survive with the wind, spend the winter with the bamboos, and sing the spring with the birds. No matter how amazing weapons you have or how many poor robots you control, you can't survive as long as you leave the land." We often regard this as the voice of Hayao Miyazaki himself, and this is not something we have ignored. We have left the land, lost our "roots" in the torrent of the times, and lost the courage to compete with the times.
About war
Hayao Miyazaki is a contradictory person. He is obsessed with aircraft and weapons, but hates them being reduced to tools of war; he is a "black dreamer", but he also hates them. The innocence and kindness of human nature are full of yearning.
His works are filled with dreams of flying cars and anti-war ideas. Howl, who possesses magic but considers himself cowardly in "Howl's Moving Castle", is unwilling to contribute to the imperial war, but works hard to prevent the war behind his back; Porg Russell in "Porco Rosso", an air force hero in World War I , but after the war, he magically turned into a pig, drawing a clear line with the war; "Grave of the Fireflies" is the first time I have seen a movie that presents the war theme in such a sad and touching way. In the face of war, everything is nothing but In vain, the fireflies flying in the sky are just the prologue to the tragedy...
The important reason why Chinese people like Miyazaki Hayao is that he admitted Japan's war of aggression against China and felt for the crimes committed by Japan in World War II. Shameful, he asked the government to apologize to China and South Korea, and liked his frankness. I think it is his clear understanding of war that allows him to create such a warm film that touches the soul.
Although the light of the firefly is weak, it will not go out. This is his perseverance and his attitude, which is a confrontation with the era of rapid development and industrial civilization.
Text | Yayoi
Editor | Zhixiang
Pictures | Hayao Miyazaki's movies
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