that summer

Jerrold 2022-10-14 09:02:13

When I start to get used to using words like "many years ago", I have the pretext of "oldness" in my life. I can see that the memory shines on the other side of time, even if it never felt so good at that moment in the past. The future self always looks back at the present with envious eyes, and now, it is always like the timid little girl standing at the tuyere of the tunnel, hesitant to not want to grow up.

I don't know, ten years have passed, whether the agreement between Chihiro and Bailong has been fulfilled. At the beginning, Hayao Miyazaki won the Academy Award and the Berlin Golden Bear for "Spirited Away". I don't think it has a sophisticated commercial atmosphere. But Bailong is still the most handsome and beautiful young man in Hayao Miyazaki's writings, not even Hal after that. The original meaning of "Ghibli" is "hot wind over the Sahara", and the work is not only directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is not so difficult and flamboyant that all the works that have been known for a long time can be said in one breath. However, I like "Listening with the Ear" and "The Fairy Tale of Time" are not inferior to "Princess Mononoke" and "Nausicaa of the Wind", even if they are under the halo of Miyazaki, the box office and word-of-mouth performance are not satisfactory, but there is always a faint The warmth came in like the morning sun in the mist, thinking of the child who asked "do you like sunny or rainy days" many years ago, together with the shame and anger written in the lower right corner of the blackboard that so-and-so likes so-and-so, and the boy with a red face hiding in the corner of his heart And the girl, it turned out to be so beautiful, with dark and bright eyes as clear as water.

The iconic Totoro head was opened on the wide screen, and as usual, I couldn't help but shudder. The music in the movie is still touching, even though it's not from Master Hisaishi. With the string music that seems to be exotic, the deep and shallow green woods pass by in the background, the parking ramp has a familiar atmosphere, and I can see Qianxun sitting in the car with a boring face, and this is Mi. "Arietty of Borrowing Things" directed by Lin Hongchang. When Takahata Isao is old and Miyazaki will eventually go into hiding, who will blow the hot wind of Ghibli? No one wants to see the fiasco of "Legend of Earthsea". We talk about Nawu Sijia and Shan, the messy short hair blowing in the wind will never be forgotten, and who will they remember in the next generation? Little Arrietty sticks a pin like a warrior, but she lacks the spirituality of Shan's stern Nausica. In the 93 minutes, there was always a dull and sad undercurrent flowing under the adventure story of the little man. This is not destined to be magnificent. But it still belongs to Ghibli's unique story, the country house hidden in the weeds, the sick and weak boy lying quietly among the flowers and grass, maybe it's a tribute, maybe it's a deliberate imitation, it seems to be familiar. From the beginning to the end, when the sun rises, that faint sadness finally turns into a separated first love, hazy, sour and firm, just like we have witnessed, Chihiro and Bailong, Ah Sidas and Shan, Tsukishima Kasumi and Tianze Seiji. And whether the sentence "You are part of my heart, I will not forget it, forever" can become a classic line that we will remember in the future, just like the agreement of "live together", it will probably take many years of precipitation. What moved us, forever, is still the green grass in Ghibli, the wind with moist breath, the shining eyes of boys and girls, and the promise with us to bravely set foot on the unknown future.

The new film "Blooming Hillside with Poppy Pops", which was released in 2011, sounds beautiful, and it will probably not be seen until 2012. I don't know what kind of impact Miyazaki Goro's director will bring to us this time. It's really hard work for a father who has such a strict and weird temper as Hayao Miyazaki. Hearing about their various anecdotes in the studio, such as when others directed Hayao Miyazaki, he couldn't help but go to see them. I don't think this master is like the boy he wrote, stubborn and stubborn never grow up, but that's really good. I pray that the old man will be healthy and live a long life, Wulang can endure hardships and become a great thing, and the hot wind blown by Ghibli will always hover. One day, the piano music of "City in the Sky" rang on the ringtone of the mobile phone, and we all know that there is a huge robot sleeping quietly above the clouds.

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The Secret World of Arrietty quotes

  • Arietty: I have to go. When is your operation?

    Shô: The day after tomorrow. I'm going to be okay. You gave me the courage to live.

    Arietty: [Unclipping the pin from her hair & giving it to Shawn] For luck.

    Shô: Thanks.

    Arietty: [Now crying] You protected me after all.

    Shô: Arrietty...

    Arietty: I hope you have the best life ever. Goodbye.

    Shô: Arrietty, you're a part of me now. I'll never forget you, ever.

  • [last lines]

    [North American version]

    Shawn: I never saw her again. But the following summer I returned and was happy to hear the people in the house down the road talking about how many things in their home had gone missing.