Yesterday, film night at the Forest Cafe in Edinburgh with Atsuko and friends: the wonderful Studio Ghibli anime Nausicaa and the Valley of the Winds. This film continues to amaze me: so beautiful, and more relevant today than ever before. Following the film we had a discussion group. Is there really a sound ecological ‘green’ message to Nausicca? Just why does director Miyazaki focus on young female protagonists? Is the film a more abstract metaphor for the time in which it was created (the 80s)?
Well I for one would hate to be someone who reads to much into ‘art’: for me it was a beautiful (sometimes frightening) fairytale, and lets leave it at that…
You can see Atsuko’s notes from the viewing here.