Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
The Spirit World Awakens - Spirited Away - Dir. Hayao Miyazaki (2001)
lifedeathandrenewal
I told Miyazaki I love the “gratuitous motion” in his films; instead of every movement being dictated by the story, sometimes people will just sit for a moment, or they will sigh, or look in a running stream, or do something extra, not to advance the story but only to give the sense of time and place and who they are.
“We have a word for that in Japanese,” he said. “It’s called ma. Emptiness. It’s there intentionally […] If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it’s just busyness. But if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb. - Roger Ebert, on Hayao Miyazaki.
Reasons why I respect Miyazaki san so much.
That moment when you see a name trending and your heart stops beating for a sec bc you think one of your favs is dead. So you click on it just to find out that it's their birthday. Pfeeeeww *wipes off the sweat on forehead*
omg yes this feel ^^