I meant to post this last week, but Turner Classic Movies is featuring
nine select films from animation master Hayao Miyazaki in January! Every
Thursday night they're showing a couple of his films. So far they've
shown "Spirited Away" and "Princess Mononoke". Right now they're airing
"Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind", followed by "Castle in the Sky" at
2 am Eastern. Next week is "My Neighbor Totoro", which I've never seen,
but which I hear is great.
http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/thismonth/article/?cid=114160
Hayao Miyazaki Profile
Known as the "Japanese Walt Disney," Hayao Miyazaki is one of his
country's outstanding directors of animation. His internationally
admired animated adventures include the epic Princess Mononoke (1997), a
tale of a mythic battle between humans and forest animal gods that at
one time was the highest-grossing film in Japan's history. It was later
surpassed by an even bigger boxoffice hit, Miyazaki's Spirited Away
(2001), in which a young girl stumbles into a mysterious spirit world.
In the month of Miyazaki's 65th birthday, we proudly present the TCM
premieres of many of his works, including both English-dubbed versions
and Japanese originals with English subtitles. Along with the exquisite
artwork, his films are celebrated for their captivating characters,
involving stories and ecological and humane concerns.
Born in Tokyo, Miyazaki began as an animator in 1963 and worked on many
early classics of Japanese animation. After extensive experience in
television, he began directing features in 1979 and scored a particular
success with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), the tale of a
peace-seeking warrior princess that was based on a comic he had created
two years earlier.
Miyazaki's films often have a fairy-tale spirit, with winsome young
protagonists and magical settings. In Castle in the Sky (1986), a boy
and girl travel to a floating castle. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) concerns
two girls who find magical creatures in a mystical forest. Porco Rosso
(1992) tells of a World War I flying ace who happens to be a pig. And
Whisper of the Heart (1995), written by Miyazaki and directed by his
protege Yoshifumi Kondo, is a simple tale of a bookish girl who falls in
love.
In addition to writing, producing and directing many of his own films,
Miyazaki has produced a number of movies made by other animators
including his longtime collaborator Isao Takahata, for whom he served as
executive producer on Only Yesterday (1991) and Pom Poko (1994).
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