☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Arrietty (2010) -- H. Yonebayashi
I liked this latest
offering from Studio Ghibli (overseen but not directed by Miyazaki) a lot
better than Ponyo or Howl's Moving Castle.
Taken from classic children's book The Borrowers (which I didn't think
I'd read until I saw this), it tells the story of "little people" who
live under the floorboards of an actual human house and who scrounge together
an existence from bits and pieces of things they can purloin. Like a lot of great science fiction, the film
treats the premise entirely realistically showing how the characters might
tackle instrumental goals (such as scaling a cabinet or procuring a tissue)
given their size and the resources at their disposal. Like all Studio Ghibli fare, the film also
has heart and indirectly addresses some basic human feelings associated with
loss and connection. Well worth a look.
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