Interviews With Miyazaki (6)

1 Name: Random Anime Otaku 2005-09-20 20:01 ID:Heaven

Here's a couple that someone posted on iichan's /a/ ... fool.

http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/09/18/1126981944308.html
http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,1569689,00.html

2 Name: Random Anime Otaku 2005-09-21 08:47 ID:Heaven

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3 Name: Random Anime Otaku 2005-09-23 23:16 ID:+WNsA818

Weird interviews... he seems so sombre and almost pessimistic, and yet his movie are so full of life and positive energy. Maybe he woke up on the wrong side of the bed? (´・ω・｀)

4 Name: Random Anime Otaku 2005-09-23 23:26 ID:UWDc5a+8

>>3
I think it's true for all creators of art that somehow they are fundamentally unsatisfied with the state of the world, otherwise there would be little reason for them to create art to begin with.
It's not surprising that most works of art somehow deal with that issue (being unsatisified, having lost all hope, experiencing the absurdity of life, etc.), though the outcome is different depending on the perspective the creators take, I believe.

5 Name: Random Anime Otaku 2005-09-24 05:57 ID:+WNsA818

>>4
Hmmm... yeah, that's an interesting thought. I think another motivation for many people is the desire to 'reach out' and affect another person --hopefully in a positive way (´_ゝ｀)-- ... getting some kind of personal message or attitude out there, via whatever they are creating.

Miyazaki's stuff definately follows that route, and it's easy to see common messages in a lot of his movies. Perhaps, as you suggest, he feels the world is not full of enough of those kinds of ideas (・ω・).

6 Name: !WAHa.06x36 2005-09-24 12:19 ID:WGjtUDN/

I think it's easy enough, once you're aware of it, to see Miyazaki's pessimist view in his movies. However, he doesn't give in to pessimism when creating - he tries to set a good example, instead.

Mononoke Hime is especially interesting here, since it protrays the essentially irreconcilable conflict between man and industry on the one hand, and nature on the other. He portrays neither side as wholly good, nor wholly evil, and in the end, the conflict is merely averted for the time being, and not resolved.

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