If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb. but if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it's just busyness. Instead of every movement being dictated by the story, sometimes people will just sit for a moment, or they will sigh, or look in a running stream, or do something extra, not to advance the story but only to give the sense of time and place and who they are. In the interview, Ebert tells Miyazaki that he loves the "gratuitous motion" in his films - the sighs, the walks, the background and foreground elements - the "extra." Ebert says:
MY KINGDOM FOR THE PRINCESS 2 LEVEL 4.8 PROFESSIONAL
Hayao Miyazaki has been described, to his displeasure, as the "Japanese Disney" or the "Walt Disney of Japan." Steven Spielberg described the action scene in Miyazaki's The Castle of Cagliostroas the "greatest car chase in any film ever." This Tokyo-born filmmaker isn't without a hoard of professional admirers, as well as dedicated and loyal fans. In 1985, Miyazaki, along with fellow animator Isao Takahata, founded Studio Ghibli, the studio that would be responsible for producing some of his greatest films, like My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Ponyo, and my personal favorite Howl's Moving Castle.
Continue reading to explore what made Miyazaki's films so unique, both technically, cinematically, and emotionally. However, it's a sad day for anyone who admired his whimsical animated films. Studio Ghibli president Koji Hoshino announced at the 2013 Venice Film Festival that the legendary director is retiring, and The Wind Rises will be his final film. Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki has captured the hearts and imaginations of many with his keen ability to reproduce a kind of melancholic innocence in his films - a slow-moving, yet always-moving emptiness that is best described by the Japanese word "ma," which Miyazaki explains in an interview from 2002 with the late Roger Ebert.
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