Hi Gerald,
Yes, it is like that, I can see it again now. And the big totoro, a kind of
life force spirit, playing with waterdrops on the umbrella (which he gets to
keep).
I always wonder what kind of 'Japan' this film is set in. I'd love to take the
catbus and go there.
Cheers,
Jill
> Ah... My Neighbor Totoro... the scene where the tree growing from the
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> given the children by Totoro... grows quickly, expanding just like a
> mushroom cloud! An eradication by a wondrous green, life-force!
>
> It's like a little prayer every time I watch it with my daughter.
>
> Cheers,
> Gerald Schwartz
>
> Hi Martin
>
> The Tough's Guide isn't actually a novel, but a kind of encyclopaedic
gui> de.
> It's a rather devastatingly witty satire on all the clichés of
fantasy,> and
> when I read it a few years ago I'd pinged quite a few. I think it's just
> been re-released; it used to be near impossible to get.
>
> I confess I have watched Grave of Fireflies only once, although we own it.
> But I really do recommend it, it's a stunningly beautiful film. It's
> astounding how much emotional charge can be generated by animated
> characters; it's something like what can happen in very good puppet shows.
> The Ghibli Studios thing, what Miyazaki does so superlatively, and what
> superlative puppeteers also manage, is to catch gesture and movement.
> There's a scene in My Friend Toto where a toddler is playing on the tree
> monster, falling over and giggling: when I first watched it, I stopped
th> e
> dvd and replayed it, because I couldn't get over how accurately he was
> rendering the physical movements of a small child. Wonderful stuff.
>
> Best
>
> A
>
>
>
> Alison Croggon
>
> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
> Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
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