Go see "Howl's Moving Castle", directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
(Miyazaki, to refresh your memory, directed "Princess Mononoke" and "Spirited Away".)
Let me explain this SAT-style:
Hayao Miyazaki is to Jim Henson as Joss Whedon is to George Lucas.
Whedon is the rightful heir in the line of succession to the crown for revitalizing pulp sci fi, turning it into something mesmerizing and new.
Miyazaki is the heir to that almost unique variety of children's storytelling, which transcends age and puts awe and wonder into your heart.
Now... Go see it.
...
Brevity = wit, so I should end there. But I can't help but throw out another unsolicited opinion or two, since I'm doing the SAT metaphor thang.
XTC is to the Beatles as Dave McKean is to Brian Froud.
Again, the commonality is "rightful heir in the line of succession".
XTC captures the "all you need is love" sentiment of the Beatles better than any other band. Similarly, they have a side-line engagement with drugs (compare the Dukes of Stratosphear album with Magical Mystery Tour). And they tackle similar themes from time to time in an astonishingly similar way (compare "Wake Up" to "A Day in the Life"). After the Beatles died, the collective soul of Lennon & McCartney reincarnated in Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding.
...OK, the Dave McKean / Brian Froud comparison is a stretch and a guess and me trying to show off how cool I am, based on borrowed geek cred from my brother. McKean is the artistic genius providing a new visual world for the movie "Mirror Mask", which will be released this fall. Go see it. It is in the vein of "Labyrinth", and was financed with the intent of attracting the same audience. However, this is really gonna be cool -- not only do we have the artist who did the best covers in the Sandman comix -- it also has Neil Gaiman doing the writing. As Froud gave us a new visual world (more in "Dark Crystal" than "Labyrinth"), so too is McKean about to do the same -- only nineteen years later.
Hm. I was considering making a comparison between Ani Difranco & Janis Joplin -- but nah. That's all I got.
(Miyazaki, to refresh your memory, directed "Princess Mononoke" and "Spirited Away".)
Let me explain this SAT-style:
Hayao Miyazaki is to Jim Henson as Joss Whedon is to George Lucas.
Whedon is the rightful heir in the line of succession to the crown for revitalizing pulp sci fi, turning it into something mesmerizing and new.
Miyazaki is the heir to that almost unique variety of children's storytelling, which transcends age and puts awe and wonder into your heart.
Now... Go see it.
...
Brevity = wit, so I should end there. But I can't help but throw out another unsolicited opinion or two, since I'm doing the SAT metaphor thang.
XTC is to the Beatles as Dave McKean is to Brian Froud.
Again, the commonality is "rightful heir in the line of succession".
XTC captures the "all you need is love" sentiment of the Beatles better than any other band. Similarly, they have a side-line engagement with drugs (compare the Dukes of Stratosphear album with Magical Mystery Tour). And they tackle similar themes from time to time in an astonishingly similar way (compare "Wake Up" to "A Day in the Life"). After the Beatles died, the collective soul of Lennon & McCartney reincarnated in Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding.
...OK, the Dave McKean / Brian Froud comparison is a stretch and a guess and me trying to show off how cool I am, based on borrowed geek cred from my brother. McKean is the artistic genius providing a new visual world for the movie "Mirror Mask", which will be released this fall. Go see it. It is in the vein of "Labyrinth", and was financed with the intent of attracting the same audience. However, this is really gonna be cool -- not only do we have the artist who did the best covers in the Sandman comix -- it also has Neil Gaiman doing the writing. As Froud gave us a new visual world (more in "Dark Crystal" than "Labyrinth"), so too is McKean about to do the same -- only nineteen years later.
Hm. I was considering making a comparison between Ani Difranco & Janis Joplin -- but nah. That's all I got.
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