On 16/1/05 10:14 PM, "MJ Walker" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'd like to direct your attention & I
> suppose great enjoyment to a new use of the Eros/Psyche myth in the
> great Japanese cartoon director Hayao Miyazaki 's *Howl's Moving
> Castle* based upon a fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones (which I don't
> know): an amazing & moving reflection on the awakening (and different
> phases) of the female eros, with mirror stages aplenty & more
> alternative worlds than *His Dark Materials*. It's certainly époustouflé
> me - oh Beauty & the Beast! (beauty of the beast, beastly beauty, la
> belle bêtise etc)...
Hi Martin
That's one Miyazeki film I don't know, nor do I know Diana Wynne Jones'
story (though I know others of hers - she's fab, especially her Tough's
Guide to Fantasy Land, which is hilarious). I'm a big fan, having been
converted by Josh, who brought five dvds back from Japan. My favourite of
those I have seen is Princess Mononoke, a masterpiece, where the gender
politics are certainly very interesting. I'll have to look out for Howl's
Moving Castle, it sounds great.
An aside, also from the Ghibli studios but not Miyazaki, is an anime called
Grave of Fireflies, which must be the most emotionally devastating film
about war that I've ever seen.
Best
A
Alison Croggon
Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
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