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The Wind Rises is an acknowledgement of audience members' wisdom. For instance, I never experienced a film whose story seamlessly leapt through time, more than once, with nary a caption to express how many years passed. Nor is there unrealistic dialogue to reveal that answer for each jump in time. Rather, the revelations became gradually known through settings, events, and contextual clues within conversations, even when not quite enough years transpired to reveal a noticeable ageing upon the characters. Likewise, the dreams of Jiro Horikoshi (the protagonist) were thrillingly disorienting since there are no transitions to telegraph when they began. Besides an inspirational figure who appeared at times when Jiro slept, surreal flairs within the environments are clues that those experiences took place in his dreams. Nuance was also reflected in Jiro's disappointment over his failures on the path of fulfilling his dreams (whether he achieved them shall remain a secret here). He wasn't shown throwing tantrums, overindulging in alcohol, or becoming despondent. Instead, the valleys on the path toward his finesse's peak were displayed through his eyes, whether as they happened, or in flashback when we were led to assume all was going smoothly. His response was just a feature of the character's personality, as some other individuals did express tempers as they trekked toward fulfilling their dreams. The subtlety of The Wind Rises is not even sacrificed in the end, when it wouldn't have felt as a betrayal to dramatically focus upon (without a resort to melodrama) the event of a significantly personal event. Yet the quietness with which it's portrayed arguably made it more effective. My stray ponderings on the film: ★ The natural disaster scenes in this movie were frightening. The addition of human-voiced sound effects that accompanied them seem silly in concept, but they made the event more eerie. ★ Theme: Art can sometimes be twisted from the creators' ideal intentions (such as bringing people together through a joyful experience) to deliberately harm others, such as recreational airplanes being adapted to kill people (including the innocent) through warfare (which is delicately presented in The Wind Rises). ★ Theme: Sometimes people have gruff personas to mask their hearts of gold. ★ Theme: Strive to thrive, even if you have grief. ~ ~ ~ ★ Film Details ★ Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki Screenplay by: Hayao Miyazaki Based on: The Wind Rises by Hayao Miyazaki & The Wind Has Risen by Tatsuo Hori Genre: Historical Fiction Release Year: 2013 ~ ~ ~ My other Studio Ghibli film reviews:
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