Word: filming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...immediate future will see the American release of one of Japan's highest grossing films of all time, Miyazaki's Mononoke Hime (translated as The Princess Mononoke) by Disney, under their Miramax label. The film, which features the dub-over voices of Claire Danes, Gillian Anderson and Minnie Driver, will open in major U.S. cities, including Boston...
...that was all before I was exposed to a completely new genre of film--Japanese animation of the super violent order. I must admit that as I sat down late on a Thursday night with a ratty Coop bag full of such videos for this story, I couldn't help but emit a little groan. My roommates and friends gave a little chuckle as they all trekked off to the Grille, leaving me behind to watch blood spattered characters attempt to mutilate each other in the comfort of my common room. Or so I thought...
...eyes, I suddenly stopped lamenting my missed night of fun. Yoko's screams were accompanied by fast paced, energetic rock ditties and Gara's stories of his past encounters with defeat were virtually too much for my poor soul to bear. But what drew me the most to the film was its surprisingly reflective nature. This wasn't a foray of pointless, indescretionary violence like we see in so many films today, but rather violence calculated to prove a point about ambition and the power of evil. And as Gara stood over a dead Dark Schneider, tears welled...
...Japanese animation has an advantage over other film genres because the energy and focus of the message isn't diffused or obscured by overdone special effects. So many movies like Star Wars: Phantom Menace seem almost like spectacles more than epic adventures in their own right.Japanese animation transcends this barrier and returns to the emotional center of the adventure. In that sense, it reminds us why such films as The Neverending Story or the original Stars Wars movies were worth watching in the first place. As a recent convert myself, I can see why all readers out of the loop...
...film truly do justice to a literary work? It's a question almost as old as film itself, since the cinema started borrowing from literature nearly right from its onset. The modern debate often dwindles to a simple "The book was better!" or "I hated the book but I loved the movie!" Films based on novels are so entrenched in popular culture that the original literature is often left behind when the film is discussed, with perhaps a passing reference to the director or an actor that captures a certain feel or mood of the work...