MOVIE
THE WIND RISES
Releasedatum: 22-09-2020
Herkomst: US
Item-nr: 4922210
EAN: 0826663209891
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Recensie
REGIO A
Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises (2013) is a deeply mature, bittersweet, and visually stunning biographical fiction that stands out as the director's most grounded work. Moving away from his usual fantasy elements, the film chronicles the life of Jiro Horikoshi, a brilliant aviation engineer who dreams of designing beautiful aircraft, only to see his creations used as deadly Mitsubishi Zero fighter planes during World War II. The narrative masterfully weaves Jiro’s passionate, lifelong obsession with flight together with a tragic, tender romance against the backdrop of a changing, pre-war Japan hit by poverty and the devastating 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake. Visually, the film is a masterclass in traditional hand-drawn animation, turning mechanical technical drawings and roaring airplane test flights into mesmerizing poetry. Joe Hisaishi’s European-infused acoustic score perfectly captures the film's melancholic essence, highlighting the delicate tension between artistic creation and destructive consequence. While some critics debated the ethical complexities of romanticizing a wartime designer, Miyazaki handles the subject with a profound, anti-war nuance, exploring how pure human dreams can be corrupted by historical tragedy. It is a stunning, deeply personal meditation on art, mortality, and the drive to create in a fractured world.
Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises (2013) is a deeply mature, bittersweet, and visually stunning biographical fiction that stands out as the director's most grounded work. Moving away from his usual fantasy elements, the film chronicles the life of Jiro Horikoshi, a brilliant aviation engineer who dreams of designing beautiful aircraft, only to see his creations used as deadly Mitsubishi Zero fighter planes during World War II. The narrative masterfully weaves Jiro’s passionate, lifelong obsession with flight together with a tragic, tender romance against the backdrop of a changing, pre-war Japan hit by poverty and the devastating 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake. Visually, the film is a masterclass in traditional hand-drawn animation, turning mechanical technical drawings and roaring airplane test flights into mesmerizing poetry. Joe Hisaishi’s European-infused acoustic score perfectly captures the film's melancholic essence, highlighting the delicate tension between artistic creation and destructive consequence. While some critics debated the ethical complexities of romanticizing a wartime designer, Miyazaki handles the subject with a profound, anti-war nuance, exploring how pure human dreams can be corrupted by historical tragedy. It is a stunning, deeply personal meditation on art, mortality, and the drive to create in a fractured world.
