I'm so glad that I have such a good guy, who is really love peace, care about environment, and always being friendly to everyone. His name is Chris, he told me that he has a dream for all human beings in the world, which is people loves each other, no fights, no war any more, and we can keep a good environment for our next generation. They are so approaching to Miyazaki's films, now here are some key words in Miyazaki's film. If you are a real fan of him, you must already know about that.
Environmentalism
Miyazaki's films often emphasize environmentalism and the
Earth's fragility, especially in the
context of critiquing development and pollution.
In My Neighbor Totoro, the great tree
tops a hillside on which magical creatures reside, and the family worships this
tree. This ecological consciousness is echoed in Princess Mononoke with
the giant primordial forest, trees, flowers and wolves. In Spirited Away,
Miyazaki's environmental concerns surface in the "stink spirit", a
river spirit who has been polluted and who must be cleansed in the bath house.
Love
Many of Miyazaki's films deal with the power of
love. In Miyazaki's films, the power of love is enough to break curses set upon
people. In "Spirited Away",
Kamajii tells Haku that Chihiro saved him from Zeniba's curse using the power
of her love for him. In "Howl's Moving
Castle" Sophie's confidence in herself and her love for Howl
breaks the curse laid upon her by the Wicked Witch of the Waste. In "Porco Rosso" he
becomes human again when he is kissed by Fio. In Miyazaki's screenplay of
"Whisper of the
Heart" Shizuku's love for Seiji makes her follow her passion of
writing and write the book while Seiji is away in Cremona, Italy. In
"Ponyo", if Sousuke's love for Ponyo was true then the world would be
saved.
Flight
Flight, especially human flight, is a
recurring theme in Miyazaki's films. He thinks of flight as a form of
liberation from gravity. The Studio Ghibli 2002 short film Imaginary Flying
Machines is completely devoted to the wonders of flight and is
voiced by Miyazaki himself.
In addition to the
many aerial devices and drawings of Laputa: Castle in the Sky, which is
a flying city, this theme is found in Nausicaä
piloting her Mehve and the airborne armies in Nausicaä of the Valley of the
Wind, Kiki riding her broomstick and watching dirigibles fly over her
city in Kiki’s Delivery Service, the large Totoro carrying Satsuki and
Mei across the night sky in My Neighbor Totoro,
Chihiro riding on Haku's back when in his dragon form in Spirited Away and Howl and
Sophie soaring above their town in Howl's Moving
Castle. The protagonist in Porco Rosso is a pilot and
the film is focused on flying, airplanes and aerial combat, as well as the
connection between flight, Ascension and the afterlife.
