I remember that more than 90 years ago, French film critic Eli Foer predicted with emotion: "One day, comics will have a sense of depth, superb modeling and layered colors ... there will be Delacroix's heart, Rubens' charm, Goya's passion and Michelangelo's vitality. A visual symphony is more exciting than a vocal symphony composed by the greatest musician. "Now, it seems that the world animation industry is closest to the dream of Eli Foer, and Miyazaki Hayao is the first one. Although the theme of each of his works is different, they all combine the reflective content of dreams, environmental protection, life and existence, and raise animation to the height of humanity.
In 2003, Time magazine named Miyazaki Hayao as one of the 20 "Asian Heroes" and called him synonymous with Japanese animation. In Japan, Miyazaki Hayao's animated films are the guarantee of high box office, enough to compete with DreamWorks and Disney.
However, in September of 20 13, the animation master really said goodbye to everyone after filming his last animated film "The Wind is Up". Perhaps Miyazaki Hayao's retirement will mean the end of a wonderful and great animation era.
Do it yourself and be loyal to hand painting.
NHK TV once produced a documentary about Miyazaki Hayao, Secrets of Creation, which recorded Miyazaki Hayao's life when he wrote goldfish princess on the Cliff in his early years. At that time, 66-year-old Miyazaki Hayao still insisted on hand-painting. His hand was reduced by half, and the pencil he used was reduced from HB to softer 5B.
In a sense, Miyazaki Hayao's success is largely due to his persistence in himself and his dream of animation. Miyazaki Hayao said: "Negotiation is not a job for me, but drawing on the table is a job." In the digital age when CG (digital) animation occupies the whole world, Miyazaki Hayao has always been loyal to hand painting. Japan's animation industry has always been at the forefront of the world in technology. Even so, when goldfish princess on the Cliff was created in 2008, Miyazaki Hayao still used 6.5438+0.7 million hand-drawn paintings to interpret the people and things in the film, 80% of which were painted by himself.
Sticking to the language form of animation film and television makes people think of Miyazaki Hayao's animation every time, blue sky and white clouds like cotton candy, endless green grass and naive, beautiful and strong little girls will flash in their minds. After Miyazaki Hayao announced his retirement, Japanese animation circles once thought that this might mean the curtain call of the era of 2D traditional hand-drawn animation.
With the development of computer animation, Miyazaki Hayao still insists on hand drawing. This shows us his love for animation and his sincerity to the audience.
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Oppose war and stick to beauty.
Anti-war is the motif that Miyazaki Hayao's works and himself always adhere to. This is closely related to his childhood experience.
1945, 12 In July, the US military launched an attack on Japan and dropped about 800 tons of bombs in Utsunomiya, Tokyo, where the Miyazaki family lived. Just as Miyazaki Hayao's family was preparing to flee by car, Miyazaki Hayao saw his neighbor running with the little boy and patting the door for help, but the car was already crowded with Miyazaki Hayao's family. In this way, Miyazaki Hayao, who is only 4 years old, watched the father and son gradually fall behind the car through the window. ...
The pain brought by the war to Miyazaki Hayao is more after the war. Poverty and loss of self-confidence, the Japanese mother who always said that "mankind is hopeless" often told her uncles that China had killed people ... all these made Miyazaki Hayao, who seemed cheerful and obedient on the surface, grow into a slender and timid teenager. Coupled with the anti-war sentiment in Japan after the war, Miyazaki Hayao had a strong suspicion of the war and inevitably grew into an anti-war activist. All along, he has been trying to let people see hope through his works and see that the future world is still beautiful and worth continuing to survive and explore.
Miyazaki Hayao's anti-war is not only reflected in his works, but also in his words and deeds. In 2003, Spirited Away won the Oscar, and Miyazaki Hayao refused to go to the United States to receive the award, on the grounds that "I don't want to go to a country that is bombing Iraq".
Miyazaki Hayao is not only a thoughtful artist, but also a staunch anti-war and pacifist. His animation is attractive without gorgeous packaging, but thought-provoking without boring preaching. He let us know what a real master is.
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European shell, oriental heart
In Miyazaki Hayao's works, "Europeanization" factors often appear, such as European architecture, European clothing, European electrical appliances, and even figures with European characteristics, which is related to his early experience of traveling to Italy.
But no matter how many Europeanized elements appear in Miyazaki Hayao's cartoons, these will not affect the audience's basic judgment. Whether in Europe, America or China, it is easy to tell that this is not the work of Europeans and Americans, but the work of Japanese or at least Oriental, which shows that Miyazaki Hayao's works have the soul of Japanese.
Miyazaki Hayao has a soft spot for creating Japanese cartoons. The descriptions of Japanese villages in My Neighbor Totoro, animism in Princess Ghost, and many gods of Japanese Shintoism in Spirited Away all reveal an authentic Japanese flavor.
As Miyazaki Hayao said, "Only national things can become international things. If you want to enter the international market from the beginning, you will be deformed when you create and create works that are not what you want. "
The material that inspires the nation is the world. The national spirit in Miyazaki Hayao's works is full, which can push persistence to stubbornness and persistence to cruelty, but at the same time, it can also develop beauty to tremble.
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Repentance comes from inner love.
This is the seventh time that Miyazaki Hayao has said that he will retire. He made a slip of the tongue six times before, which is a huge contradictory complex. In addition to the "anime god" side, he also has a little-known "other side".
1986, Miyazaki Hayao hinted to the media that he wanted to retire because of the low box office of Sky City. 1992, after watching Red Pig, he said, "I have done everything I should, and my animation is over." 1997, when he was writing Princess Ghost, he fell ill and said, "Let's say goodbye while everyone still misses me." 200 1, after Spirited Away finished, he said, "I am no longer suitable for making long cartoons." In 2004, after the production of "Hal's Moving Castle" was completed, he thought that he had "lost his enthusiasm for making animation". In 2008, goldfish princess on the Cliff was still in the production stage, and he added, "This will be my long farewell work."
Although he has repeatedly threatened to quit the animation circle, Miyazaki Hayao's creative enthusiasm is still strong, and new works are constantly released, which makes his works attract more and more attention. He laughed at himself: "I am seriously divided. While calling for hand washing, I participated in the creation of new movies. "
Material inspiration People who are passionate about animation like Miyazaki Hayao may never say "retirement" in their bones. There is a simple reason. Artistic creation is an artist's way of existence and life. As long as he lives, he won't stop writing.
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Movie slave workaholic
In the fifty years since he devoted himself to animation, Miyazaki Hayao has no concept of weekends. It was not until he was fifty years old that he occasionally took only one Sunday off a week because of his poor health. He called himself a slave to movies and a workaholic: "If we want to make humanized animation, we must accept that we live in an inhuman way, so I finally became a workaholic."
In life, Miyazaki Hayao seldom goes to the movies, watches TV or goes online. His only entertainment is walking. If animation encounters a bottleneck, seclusion is his way of decompression. When he created animation, he never had a script. Every time I think of it, it is hand-painted, which requires extremely high picture accuracy. This creative way has brought great pressure to Miyazaki Hayao and destroyed his physical and mental health.
For Miyazaki Hayao, the value of animation transcends everything. He demands not only himself but also his colleagues.
20 1 1 March11,Japan earthquake. At that time, the premiere of goldfish princess on the Cliff was just around the corner, and Studio Ghibli was catching up with the post-production. In order to prevent the aftershocks from causing chaos, toshio suzuki, the producer who founded Studio Ghibli with him, decided to give the painters a holiday. Miyazaki Hayao flew into a rage when he learned that: "Who said it would be chaotic? It's a mess when you have a holiday! ..... You are making movies, and it is even more important to create myths at this time! Even if there are aftershocks, draw! " In this way, the studio canceled the holiday, and everyone continued to work regardless of the danger of aftershocks. Finally, the movie miraculously premiered on time.
Miyazaki Hayao once said, I think I have value only by entertaining others. Perhaps this is the pressure and motivation that drives him to be so desperate and lingering.
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Zero dad
In his early years, Miyazaki Hayao was described as a father who loved his children. His biggest motivation for making this animation is to amuse his son Goro Miyazaki. His early works, such as The Panda Family, enchanted his son. Goro Miyazaki showed his talent for painting at an early age and sprouted the idea of engaging in animation industry. But Miyazaki Hayao probably never knew that his son had such a dream, and never let him directly participate in animation.
Until 2006, Goro Miyazaki's anime debut "Earthsea War" came out, which strongly belittled and opposed his father Miyazaki Hayao. After reading the work, he affirmed his son's efforts for the first time. However, during the production of Earthsea War, Miyazaki Hayao never gave much help to his son, and even privately encouraged employees to go on strike. The father and son had a big fight about it and didn't talk for almost two years.
Later, Miyazaki Hayao participated in the production of "Flowers in Full Bloom" directed by his son, and did not change the requirements for his son. 20 1 1 When it was shown in Yokohama in July, Miyazaki Hayao was dissatisfied with the handling of an action detail of the characters in the film, and publicly denounced his son on the stage: "The person in charge of animation inspection did not do well, and the director was also responsible!" The level of animation is also greatly reduced! "This sudden scene made everyone present stunned. Goro Miyazaki was very embarrassed. He almost cried and said, "It's all my fault ... if there is another chance, I hope to continue to be a director ..." Just before the film was released, Miyazaki Hayao warned his son, "This is your second work. If there is still not much improvement, then simply quit the directing industry. "
It is said that the father loves the mountain, because the father gave his son a strong backing with the power of personality. Being so strict with his son may be a reflection of Miyazaki Hayao's desire to love his son. His father hopes to promote his son's better development in the animation industry.
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