The Ritual Origins of Cinema

The Ritual Origins of Cinema

Moon Rabbit

22/11/2019 4:39PM

Episode Synopsis "The Ritual Origins of Cinema"

Going into a dark space to watch moving images on the wall seems like a recent thing, but humans have been doing it for tens of thousands of years. In this first episode of the Moon Rabbit Podcast, I sat down with independent cinema expert Flick Beckett to discuss the mythological elements of the cinema-going ritual, and we talked extensively about how writer and director Hayao Miyazaki, founder of Studio Ghibli, has used mythology and symbolism in his films to bring a revolution to animation on the big screen.

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