Follows the routines of those employed at Studio Ghibli, including filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki as they work to release two films simultaneously, The Wind Rises and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.... (Full plot summary below)
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Follows the routines of those employed at Studio Ghibli, including filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki as they work to release two films simultaneously, The Wind Rises and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
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| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussMiyazaki dispenses endlessly quotable observations. For example: 'Filmmaking only brings suffering... How do we know movies are even worthwhile? If you really think about it, is this not just some grand hobby?' |
| RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoIf you’re not enraptured with the work of Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and the rest of the artists at Ghibli, it may not be precisely what you’re looking for, but Sanada captures something poetic about art and creativity that could speak to anyone, animation fan or otherwise. |
| GuardianMike McCahillFuture generations may be as grateful for its footage of Hayao Miyazaki sketching as we now are of early Beatles Super 8 films. |
| Hollywood ReporterClarence TsuiSunada has managed the incredible task of editing all these anecdotes into a flowing whole, an unfettered celebration of cinema as a concoction of vision, persistence, collective faith and, of course, some canniness about how the world operates. Rather than diminishing the seventh art's magic, Sunada's documentary enhances it. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThis seemingly ordinary biographical documentary about the retiring animation master unfolds, at a deceptively gentle pace, into a work of immense beauty. |
| Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)Brian GibsonMami Sunada's documentary, while quite the insider's and fan's film, is also a deeply elegiac portrait of the labour and laboriousness, flecked with uncertainty and doubt, behind some of the finest art- and imagination-fuelled films of the past 30 years. |
| The Film StageAmanda Waltz[It] does the world a service by chronicling and preserving, in a most charming and understated way, Miyazaki-era Ghibli and the human element beneath its creative genius. |
| New York TimesBen KenigsbergThis affectionate documentary is more of a bonbon for longtime fans than an entryway for a broader audience. |
| Movie MezzanineJake MulliganA work this vast...should not remain a footnote in the Ghibli canon. |
| The Mary SueCarolyn CoxIf you think a documentary about Studio Ghibli might appeal to you, stop wasting your time with me and start streaming The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness. |
