The Boy and the Heron: How Do You Live? | A Studio Ghibli Video Essay

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Published on January 12, 2024 2:45:08 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnq5-guCjTU

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This video is a deep dive on Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's latest movie, The Boy and the Heron (How Do You Live in Japan) a bizarre, surreal supernatural adventure!

I'm so excited to analyze the Boy and the Heron, this movie is so rich and full of different interpretations!

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Chapters

0:00 Intro: A Bizarre Spectacle
1:08 Spoiler Warning
2:32 Miyazaki's Depictions of War
6:46 A New Approach To Nature
13:18 Loss, Attachment and Suffering
18:53 Miyazaki and the Art of Filmmaking
21:34 Conclusion: How Do You Live?

Sources:
Links:
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-11-13/japanese-animation-master-hayao-miyazaki-boy-and-the-heron
Ramin Zahed - LA Times, Optimism

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/12/the-boy-and-the-heron-review/676283/
David Sims - The Atlantic


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/movies/hayao-miyzaki-the-boy-and-the-heron.html
“This is going to be about my story okay”

https://www.vulture.com/article/the-boy-and-the-heron-explained-the-lie-is-the-point.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/heron-japan-myth-folklore

https://theconversation.com/the-boy-and-the-heron-is-an-autobiographical-reflection-by-hayao-miyazaki-in-the-twilight-of-his-life-219117

https://www.vulture.com/article/boy-and-the-heron-bird-poop-explained.html#:~:text=The%20birds%20relieving%20themselves%20is,reverence%20for%20the%20natural%20world.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/12/12/the-dream-logic-of-the-boy-and-the-heron-explained/?sh=6280448a3ea1
“How do you live” don’t know the answer
Natsuko’s resentment

https://www.cbr.com/boy-and-heron-miyazaki-meaning-explained/

https://www.theringer.com/movies/2023/12/13/23999526/the-boy-and-the-heron-hayao-miyazaki-takeshi-honda-animation

Indie Wire interview
https://www.indiewire.com/features/animation/boy-and-the-heron-miyazaki-anime-ghibli-1234927630/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/t-magazine/hayao-miyazaki-studio-ghibli.html
Don’t know the answer

https://international.la-croix.com/news/culture/the-boy-and-the-heron-miyazakis-latest-spiritual-film/18654

https://medium.com/writ-150-at-usc-fall-2020/miyazaki-and-the-garden-of-eve-69d978b788a8

https://bigthink.com/high-culture/studio-ghibli/

https://www.theringer.com/movies/2023/12/13/23999526/the-boy-and-the-heron-hayao-miyazaki-takeshi-honda-animation

books:
"How Do You Live?" by Genzaburo Yoshino
Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art, by Susan Napier

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