Hayao Miyazaki - Circles of Emotion

Date: 1941–

City of birth: Tokyo Country of birth: Japan Field of activity: Culture — film More detail coming ...

Quotes

‘The people who make the movies are scared of silence, so they want to paper and plaster it over. They're worried that the audience will get bored. They might go up and get some popcorn. But just because it's 80 per cent intense all the time doesn't mean the kids are going to bless you with their concentration. What really matters is the underlying emotions — that you never let go of those. What my friends and I have been trying to do since the 1970s is to try and quiet things down a little bit; don't just bombard them with noise and distraction. And to follow the path of children's emotions and feelings as we make a film. If you stay true to joy and astonishment and empathy you don't have to have violence and you don't have to have action. They'll follow you. This is our principle.’

Author

Hayao Miyazaki

Speaker

Hayao Miyazaki

Title of the publication

'Hayao Miyazaki interview'

Other contributors

Roger Ebert, interviewer

Publisher (or journal name with vol. and number)

Roger Ebert.com

City of publication

Chicago

Country of publication (modern nation-state equivalent)

United States of America

Publication date

12 September 2002

Location [pp. or web]

https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/hayao-miyazaki-interview

Original language

English

Genre

Interview

Context

In 2002, Hayao Miyazaki was interviewed by Roger Ebert for the release of his film Spirited Away which went on to win best animated feature at the 2003 Academy Awards and remains the highest-grossing Japanese film. Roger Ebert (1942–2013) was an American film critic, historian, journalist and author. He was the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013 and was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.