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Roby wrote up a nice fresh rooms post on the topic of youth and old age as they are normally treated in the tradition of Western fairy tales and reading came to my mind one of my favorite animated film, "Howl's Moving Castle" by Hayao Miyazaki.
Miyazaki has always had an eye for old age in her works, since those youth, but in this film that manages to fully express his vision.
When I say I do not view a case, because the screenplay is not strict, many points are left open and the finish is very rough and fast. But those who love this director knows you need to put in your heart above all to see, and only later think. Miyazaki communicate with images, not with the braids, and so little care if, for example, the character of the scarecrow has a hasty epilogue, probably when he decided to enter the scene he had in mind clothes hanging in the sun and the umbrella, two moments in which one sees the excitement of this strange head in Rapa be helpful. The explanations are there, but are secondary.
briefly summarize the plot: Sophie is a girl rather earnest (and a bit gloomy, Let's face it) who lives by the Hatter, who was in the shop of his father. It has no expectations and do not want anything more, because a strong sense of duty keeps it linked to what was the dream of his father.
A wicked witch, out of spite, to launch a curse and becomes old.
Da qui Sophie inizia un lungo viaggio nel tentativo di ritrovare la strega e spezzare l'incantesimo. Si imbatterà nel castello errante di Howl, vivrà parecchie avventure, conoscerà personaggi bizzarri, farà amicizia con lo spaventapasseri Testa di Rapa e troverà anche l'amore.
Il film è bellissimo e abbraccia tanti temi cari all'autore e che già abbiamo visto altre volte nei suoi lavori: l'assoluta e totale condanna per la guerra, l'amore per la natura, la passione per i marchingegni, la ricerca di se stessi.
Ma la genialità stavolta sta proprio nella maledizione di Sophie: la vecchiaia. Solo che per Sophie l'essere diventata una vecchietta paradossalmente diventa un trampolino per poter fare all the things as a young man had the courage groped. "The advantage of being old is that you have nothing to lose," he says, and so embarks on a journey, he went to interview in a royal palace, wandering sneaks into the castle, is applicable to Howl (well-known and feared sorcerer) and is thousand other things resolutely and decisively, with courage and cheerfulness.
Old Sophie is uncontrollable, aggressive, sweet and beautiful. Yes, fine, because after a while, 'that we look so carried away by his tenacity and devotion to forget his blatant wrinkles.
Miyazaki is a great because it makes us ask, but when it was really old Sophie? Before or after?
Maybe that's the meaning of his curse, compared to show us the truth of his soul, so long as it is old yet he is afraid of itself, but when he manages to overcome its limitations then it looks young again. But be careful: even when they manage to break the spell of his hair will remain white, or as he says Howl "of the color of the stars", because the wisdom attained's not a thing that can go unnoticed.
point out, as always, the wonderful music of Joe Hisaishi that this time has been unleashed in a waltz, perhaps a tad repetitive, but so beautiful that it fits so well. You can find it here .
Here instead is one of my favorite scenes (unfortunately I could not find it in Italian, and the dubbing is amateur), one in which Howl Sophie shows her secret garden. It makes me think of these paintings.
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