Post by manfromplanetx on Sept 21, 2019 22:07:37 GMT
Hotaru no haka , Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Directed by Isao Takahata he also wrote the screenplay which was based on a semi-autobiographical novel written by Akiyuki Nosaka in 1967.
The emotionally charged story is an innovative brilliantly conceived mature age anime film. Set in Kobe at the closing of WWII the film tells the harrowing tale of a nine year old boy and his younger sister who were separated from family during the intensive firebombing of their homes. The director himself was nine at the time a survivor he experienced first hand the tragic human reality which is the foundation of this touching heartfelt story
Director Isao Takahata insisted the film was not an anti-war film and that he wanted to convey an image of the brother and sister living in hardship within a desperate society, his greatest wish to invoke sympathy, particularly for younger people in their teens and twenties, to build a sense of compassion and empathy.
There are no spoken anti war messages, however the dynamic dramatic visuals evoke a sense of horror and absolute outrage as the lives of the innocent are shattered by the devastation of war.
Reflecting on factual detail the films skies darken, sirens wail, incendiaries dropped from masses of American B-29s carpet-bomb targeting with lethal and indiscriminate precision the civilian population and the timber dwelling infrastructure of Kobe.
An incredibly imaginative, beautifully composed thought provoking drama … Highly Recommended !!
The emotionally charged story is an innovative brilliantly conceived mature age anime film. Set in Kobe at the closing of WWII the film tells the harrowing tale of a nine year old boy and his younger sister who were separated from family during the intensive firebombing of their homes. The director himself was nine at the time a survivor he experienced first hand the tragic human reality which is the foundation of this touching heartfelt story
Director Isao Takahata insisted the film was not an anti-war film and that he wanted to convey an image of the brother and sister living in hardship within a desperate society, his greatest wish to invoke sympathy, particularly for younger people in their teens and twenties, to build a sense of compassion and empathy.
There are no spoken anti war messages, however the dynamic dramatic visuals evoke a sense of horror and absolute outrage as the lives of the innocent are shattered by the devastation of war.
Reflecting on factual detail the films skies darken, sirens wail, incendiaries dropped from masses of American B-29s carpet-bomb targeting with lethal and indiscriminate precision the civilian population and the timber dwelling infrastructure of Kobe.
An incredibly imaginative, beautifully composed thought provoking drama … Highly Recommended !!