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Written by Amy on Thursday, October 1st, 2009 ( Start discussion ) | 
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Just browsed through NHK, and Miyazaki Hayao was there, so I went online to look it up of course. I needed to know why he was gracing my TV screen~~~ xD
Director Isao Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, has revealed that he will be directing his first feature-length flick since 1999′s My Neighbors the Yamadas. Takahata, who also wrote and directed the tear-jerker Grave of the Fireflies, will be taking on the classic folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, or Taketori Monogatari.
via Cinematical.
Grave of the Fireflies is my all time FAVEEEEEE animated film. You will only not cry and feel sad watching this, ONLY ONLY if you’re not human. LOL
Also! There’s more!!! Miyazaki will be working on two new animated films!!!
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Written by Amy on Sunday, September 13th, 2009 ( Start discussion ) | (6) |
It’s 35 films this year! Woohoo! Well, not much to celebrate since some of those were really REALLY bad, but they count for the movie countdown~~~
In the meantime, I’ve decided to put my list of Best 2001 films.
It was really difficult to choose some, as I seem to not have seen many 2001 films, so many of my nominees are the same as the Oscar, I feel. Remembering the films made me remember about the first time I actively waited for the Oscar. I mean, the event in itself was something I did, but that year was the year I said I’m gonna watch the Oscar to see who will win. American Beauty won that year, as did Kevin Spacey and The Matrix. 1999 Films, wow~~~ I was 13 going on 14.
Anyway~ without further ado~~~
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Written by Amy on Saturday, June 20th, 2009 ( One response ) | (7) |
This is my last post for this blogathon, unless I can come up with something on time for tomorrow~
I was reading this post on Japanese Films and Women in Cinema- now, female in cinema is a big BIG subject. I’m not in the position to point out feminists or non-feminists films across the decades or countries. However, I have to admit that looking back at the films I’ve seen the past year, it feels like many (if not most of them) have a female protagonist. In general, I don’t know the reason – if there are more films about women, or if I’m watching them because I’m looking for them. What I do know is that I watched many Japanese films with female leads because I had been on the hunt for Juri Ueno and Yu Aoi projects – so that’s got to be at least 10 films led by a female, right?
So here it is… some~
Japanese Chick-centric Films or with Female Leads~
- Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro)
- Kiki’s Delivery Service
- Hula Girls
- Swing Girls
- Hana to Alice (Hana & Alice)
- Gaichu (Harmful Insect)
- Kame wa Igai to Hayaku Oyogu (Turtles Swim Faster than Expected)
- Kiraware Matsuko no Issho (Memories of Matsuko)
- Quiet Room ni Youkoso (Welcome to the Quiet Room)
- Linda Linda Linda
- Kamikaze Girls
- Shinku (The Deep Red)
- Love Letter
- Sakuran
- Sasameyuki (The Makioka Sisters)
- Rinne (Reincarnation)
- Tenshi no Tamago (Angel’s Egg)
- Wool 100%
- Hyakuman-en to Nigamushi Onna (One Million Yen Girl)
- GuGu Datte Neko de Aru (Gu Gu the Cat)
- Kaze no Tani no Naushika (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)
- Nishi no Majo ga Shinda (The Witch of the West is Dead)
- Blood the Last Vampire
- Pikunikku (Picnic)
Of course, there’s many animated films asides from the ones I’ve mentioned above like Paprika, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, The Milennium Actress or Perfect Blue. And yes, there are films in my list that are not quite remarkable… and we can also point out that there aren’t many female leads of over 30 or 40 (in some way, Matsuko which chronicles her life, The Makioka Sisters, GuGu, and The Witch of the West – who knew Shirley McLaine’s daughter spoke Japanese?), but then again… that’s a problem that seems to be common in Hollywood too. Does it happen much in Europe? Countries like France or Germany? Are there many films with female leads, or are they as hard to find??
In the end, it was good to see Meryl Streep (Doubt), Melissa Leo (Frozen River), Julie Christie (Away from Her), Laura Linney (The Savages), and to some degree Kate Winslet (The Reader) and Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) getting recognition these past two years.
– EDIT June 21 –
I thought this was a great post on the subject. =D
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Written by Amy on Friday, April 17th, 2009 ( One response ) | (9) |
For Part I of this post, click away~~
Okay, today is not really early either… but this will have to do because I only have 3 years to go. In case you haven’t read the first part, or are lazy to read it now that I’ve given you the link… I got a little mad remembering films that should have won in years past~~ which include Tekkonkinkreet, and/or Paprika getting nominations in 2006 (or 2007, pick your release date issue).
So just after the break, I will be talking about 2005, 2007 and 2008…
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Written by Amy on Thursday, April 16th, 2009 ( One response ) | (9) |
Most often than not, there’s a lack of foreign films in the Animated Feature (and in any other) field~ So how many times must we pass over great animation (not only for kids) to open our eyes? I started out with a qucik search for 2006 released animation (because I was discussing that year with a friend), but that didn’t do anything except make me skim through an article stating that “2006 was a great year for animation” – NOT! That there were 2 or 3 animated (3d CG) films each months totaling more than a dozen films of pretty much crappy quality… and if they were lucky they were worth a straight-to-dvd release is NOT a great year for animation. That just makes it a great year for movie business…
2006 was the year I began hating 3d animation, because everyone seemed to be releasing their 3d films JUST to cash in.
I ended up at the Academy Awards site to search all animated films nominated since the category began in 2001 with Shrek (the original not sequels) won. I also ended up on IMDb and their ‘Power Search’ tool to search for animated films with feature releases from the year.
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