I just watched the anime Lupin the III: The Castle of Cagliostro with my little sister tonight.
I never had much interest in the work that Hayao Miyazaki did on the Lupin III TV series, or this movie, which was the only one he directed before making studio Ghibli, and the works I am more familiar with. Made in 1979 it was the first feature length movie he directed. I was intrigued since it quotes Spielberg on the cover as saying it is one of the greatest adventure films of all time.
My god.
My god.
It is nothing short of a masterpiece. Whether it is true to the character as conceived by Monkey Punch (who wrote the manga) is rather beside the point. Miyazaki's Lupin the III is Wesley (a la Princess Bride) before Wesley, he is Luke AND Hans. But beyond that, the story progression is perfect: the only time I have experienced narratives that have so captured me have (literally) been in my dreams. I suppose that is it. Mayazaki (like he does in so many of his later works) gives us (or at least me) the sort of yearning and wonder that one usually gets exclusively in dreams.
Absolutely captivating. After watching it, my sister simply remarked "that is a really good movie".
Indeed.
I never had much interest in the work that Hayao Miyazaki did on the Lupin III TV series, or this movie, which was the only one he directed before making studio Ghibli, and the works I am more familiar with. Made in 1979 it was the first feature length movie he directed. I was intrigued since it quotes Spielberg on the cover as saying it is one of the greatest adventure films of all time.
My god.
My god.
It is nothing short of a masterpiece. Whether it is true to the character as conceived by Monkey Punch (who wrote the manga) is rather beside the point. Miyazaki's Lupin the III is Wesley (a la Princess Bride) before Wesley, he is Luke AND Hans. But beyond that, the story progression is perfect: the only time I have experienced narratives that have so captured me have (literally) been in my dreams. I suppose that is it. Mayazaki (like he does in so many of his later works) gives us (or at least me) the sort of yearning and wonder that one usually gets exclusively in dreams.
Absolutely captivating. After watching it, my sister simply remarked "that is a really good movie".
Indeed.
kg:
sometimes its the simple things that say it best. (: