Eyebrow Cinema | Action and Pacifism in Castle in the Sky | The Director Project @EyebrowCinema | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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Month two of The Director Project is on legendary master of animation Hayao Miyazaki. For my contribution, I take a look at the themes of pacifism and how they manifest in the action scenes of Castle in the Sky.
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Works Cited:
Hayao Miyazaki. "Castle in the Sky Director's Statement". 1985
Isao Takahata. "Producer's Statement: A Story Told with Affection for all Modern Day People". 1985
Michael Wilson. "Flying Pigs, Moving Castles, and A Plea for Peace: An Analysis of the Anti-War Ideology of the Films of Hayao Miyazaki". 2020. gnovisjournal.org/2020/05/04/flying-pigs-moving-castles-and-a-plea-for-peace-an-analysis-of-the-anti-war-ideology-of-the-films-of-hayao-miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki. "A Nation that Merely Dithers Around" in "Starting Point: 1979-1996." 1996.
Yuan Pan. "Human-Nature Relationships in East Asian Animated Films." 2020.
BBC. "Pacifism". bbc.co.uk/ethics/war/against/pacifism_1.shtml
Music Featured
And Never Come Back by Soft and Furious
Hello Regan by Loyalty Freak Music
Symphony No. 1: Hope? by Steve Combs
Both Flanks by Small Colin
Escaping Like Indiana Jones by Komiku
More of The Director Project:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind's Actionless Climax - youtu.be/VPL0-x4dj8M
More Eyebrow Cinema:
Learning to Love Batman Returns - youtu.be/J9v9bC3R9oA
Fan Entitlement and the Quick Fix - youtu.be/OWflw2xzGWY
The Godfather Part II - How Coppola Quotes Himself - youtu.be/eotARUgv-Ac
The Great Bondian Identity Crisis - youtu.be/oHTdxKloljo
The Indifference of The Birds - youtu.be/p2Q0N0kjazc
The Death of the American Gangster Film - youtu.be/DGEfSsScdAA
Inception and the Dreamer - youtu.be/ZeQzJW6IBs8
The Curious Case of Forrest and Benjamin - youtu.be/gWAg1suGwnM
The Brilliance of Title Cards in Batman: The Animated Series - youtu.be/p61FsFWcfIs
Hierarchies of Violence in The Shining - youtu.be/tMw2YWOBeoM
#HayaoMiyazaki #DirectorProject #StudioGhibli
The Director Project Monologues on Miyazaki: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_XBsckzagj23_rA59PO3i1AcIb2Igv0I
To contribute your own video to the Director Project, just send your link to @Cult Popture on Twitter.
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/eyebrowcinema
Month two of The Director Project is on legendary master of animation Hayao Miyazaki. For my contribution, I take a look at the themes of pacifism and how they manifest in the action scenes of Castle in the Sky.
Like and subscribe for more film analysis.
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/danpgsimpson
Works Cited:
Hayao Miyazaki. "Castle in the Sky Director's Statement". 1985
Isao Takahata. "Producer's Statement: A Story Told with Affection for all Modern Day People". 1985
Michael Wilson. "Flying Pigs, Moving Castles, and A Plea for Peace: An Analysis of the Anti-War Ideology of the Films of Hayao Miyazaki". 2020. gnovisjournal.org/2020/05/04/flying-pigs-moving-castles-and-a-plea-for-peace-an-analysis-of-the-anti-war-ideology-of-the-films-of-hayao-miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki. "A Nation that Merely Dithers Around" in "Starting Point: 1979-1996." 1996.
Yuan Pan. "Human-Nature Relationships in East Asian Animated Films." 2020.
BBC. "Pacifism". bbc.co.uk/ethics/war/against/pacifism_1.shtml
Music Featured
And Never Come Back by Soft and Furious
Hello Regan by Loyalty Freak Music
Symphony No. 1: Hope? by Steve Combs
Both Flanks by Small Colin
Escaping Like Indiana Jones by Komiku
More of The Director Project:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind's Actionless Climax - youtu.be/VPL0-x4dj8M
More Eyebrow Cinema:
Learning to Love Batman Returns - youtu.be/J9v9bC3R9oA
Fan Entitlement and the Quick Fix - youtu.be/OWflw2xzGWY
The Godfather Part II - How Coppola Quotes Himself - youtu.be/eotARUgv-Ac
The Great Bondian Identity Crisis - youtu.be/oHTdxKloljo
The Indifference of The Birds - youtu.be/p2Q0N0kjazc
The Death of the American Gangster Film - youtu.be/DGEfSsScdAA
Inception and the Dreamer - youtu.be/ZeQzJW6IBs8
The Curious Case of Forrest and Benjamin - youtu.be/gWAg1suGwnM
The Brilliance of Title Cards in Batman: The Animated Series - youtu.be/p61FsFWcfIs
Hierarchies of Violence in The Shining - youtu.be/tMw2YWOBeoM
#HayaoMiyazaki #DirectorProject #StudioGhibli
