The film is celebrated for its technical brilliance, particularly its hand-drawn animation that captures everything from the devastating Great Kanto Earthquake to the subtle flutter of a paper airplane.
Pass the Popcorn: The Wind Rises * (Guest post by Greg Forster) I hadn't intended to time a review of Hayao Miyazaki's final film, jaypgreene.com The Wind Rises
: Many critics view Jiro as a stand-in for Miyazaki himself—an artist so consumed by his craft that the world around him, even war and illness, becomes secondary to the pursuit of the "pure" image. The film is celebrated for its technical brilliance,