It took a year to complete just 12 minutes of the movie.
Shoutout to theJapan Societyin NYC, which kindly invited me to an early screening of the movie.
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2.As such,The Boy and the Heronis the 82-year-old’s first feature film in a decade.
3.The movie is semi-autobiographical.
His mother was bedridden for much of his childhood, albeit from Pott disease.
6.Miyazaki’s own childhood was further marked by war.
“I heard adults speak boastfully of the horrible things they had done on the Chinese continent.
Thats how it ended up as scary, I think.”
And I had to convey the right atmosphere for this moment.
13.The inscription on the entrance in the tower reads, “fecemi la divina potestate.”
It is a line fromDante’s Inferno, meaning, “Divine power has created me.”
HetoldCrunchy Roll, “Whenever I begin working on new film music for Hayao Miyazaki I prepare myself mentally.
I want my music to capture the emotion and imagery as you watch the film.
It has been a long but enjoyable process.”
15.Much of the English dub voice-acting cast has been in prior Studio Ghibli movies.
16.There was no promotion forThe Boy and the Heronin Japan.
Yep, no trailers or official images justone posterthat gave away very little.
Itseta three-day opening record for ticket sales in Japan.
The Boy and the Heronis out in theaters now.
