It Is Not Finished: Miyazaki and the Crushing Weight of Beauty

12/06/2025 1h 23min
It Is Not Finished: Miyazaki and the Crushing Weight of Beauty

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Hayao Miyazaki is a living legend of the animation world. Named the“Walt Disney of Japan,” he’s made over a dozen films, many of which areconsidered masterpieces. But what did he sacrifice in pursuit of cinematicperfection? His most recent Oscar-winning film, The Boy and the Heron, inaddition to showcasing the hallmarks of a Miyazaki movie, might also serveas a Rosetta Stone for interpreting a complex man and his relationship withhis (un)finished body of work.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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