Porco Rosso
Cinema and aviation took their first steps and took off around the same time. In their own way, the marvelous modern machines that are cameras and airplanes brought humans closer to their dreams. It’s no surprise then that filmmakers became fascinated with aerial feats and those bold enough to conquer the skies.
Guest programmer : John Harbour
In Italy between the wars, as fascism takes hold, Marco, a solitary adventurer, lives isolated on a desert island in the Adriatic Sea. Victim of a spell that has transformed him, his enemies now call him Porco Rosso. In his red seaplane, he's a bounty hunter, helping people in trouble, but where does he come from?
Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli with Isao Takahata, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japanese animated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation. He directed numerous films with Ghibli, including Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), and Princess Mononoke (1997). His 2001 film Spirited Away became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and is frequently ranked among the greatest films of the 21st century. His later films, Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo (2008), and The Wind Rises (2013), also enjoyed critical and commercial success. Following his retirement from feature film, he returned to write and direct The Boy and the Heron (2023), for which he won his second Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Miyazaki's works are characterized by the recurrence of themes such as humanity's relationship with nature and technology, the wholesomeness of natural and traditional patterns of living, the importance of art and craftsmanship, and the difficulty of maintaining a pacifist ethic in a violent world. His protagonists are often strong young women, and several of his films present morally ambiguous antagonists with redeeming qualities.
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John Harbour, programmateur invité du cycle Aventures aériennes, nous partage sa passion pour l'aviation et ses réflexions sur la façon dont elle a fait rêver l'humanité comme le cinéma.
