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

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...
Ramin Zahed - LA Times, Optimism

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/a...
David Sims - The Atlantic


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/mo...
“This is going to be about my story okay”

https://www.vulture.com/article/the-b...

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/cu...

https://theconversation.com/the-boy-a...

https://www.vulture.com/article/boy-a....

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidipl...
“How do you live” don’t know the answer
Natsuko’s resentment

https://www.cbr.com/boy-and-heron-miy...

https://www.theringer.com/movies/2023...

Indie Wire interview
https://www.indiewire.com/features/an...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/t-...
Don’t know the answer

https://international.la-croix.com/ne...

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https://bigthink.com/high-culture/stu...

https://www.theringer.com/movies/2023...

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

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