Miyazakis are my comfort films.
We just introduced Matilda to Kiki's Delivery Service.
Both JZ and I were pining for Kiki's city. Just one of the loveliest settings ever for a film.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
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DavidS - Nov 29, 2008 10:42:52 am PST #8808 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Cashmere - Nov 29, 2008 10:55:36 am PST #8809 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Liv hasn't seen KDS yet. I need to remedy that.
DavidS - Nov 29, 2008 10:57:13 am PST #8810 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Liv hasn't seen KDS yet. I need to remedy that.
Tombo, the boy aeronaut, reminds me of a young billytea.
Beverly - Nov 29, 2008 11:02:16 am PST #8811 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Kiki's city, except for being coastal, was very reminiscent of the older parts of Nurnberg, and Firth, where we lived, and Rothenburg, where we often visited. It's a bit like Edam and parts of Amsterdam as well, except for the steep hillsides Kiki's city is built on (Holland, while very lovely, is a pool table). But Kiki's city is nostalgic for us. I knew couples who rented places like Kiki's attic and shared toilet facilities with owner families so as not to have to live in military housing. Even the forest in Kiki's Delivery Service was reminiscent of replanted Bavarian forests.
The towns and cities in Howl's Moving Castle were much more generic European. People familiar with other parts of Europe might feel more recognition.
DavidS - Nov 29, 2008 11:05:57 am PST #8812 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Kiki's city, except for being coastal, was very reminiscent of the older parts of Nurnberg, and Firth, where we lived, and Rothenburg, where we often visited. It's a bit like Edam and parts of Amsterdam as well, except for the steep hillsides Kiki's city is built on (Holland, while very lovely, is a pool table)
Thanks for placing the European aspects of it. The coastal and the hills remind me of both San Francisco and parts of the British coast. It really is a dream city.
Imaginary Cities I Want to Live in:
Lankhmar
Burton's Gotham
Kiki's City
The Los Angeles in Bladerunner
Typo Boy - Nov 29, 2008 1:08:41 pm PST #8813 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Interesting. All those cities sound like hell to live in. (Not counting Kiki's which I have not yet seen.) Maybe I'd choose to live in those cities if I had a whole bunch of extra lives so that getting killed was not a big deal.
Atropa - Nov 29, 2008 1:28:28 pm PST #8814 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Imaginary Cities I Want to Live in:
Halloweentown.
The Addams' house. (Not a city, I know. But where I've always wanted to live.)
Strix - Nov 29, 2008 1:54:07 pm PST #8815 of 10000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Not a movie, but Charles de Lint's Newford.
DavidS - Nov 29, 2008 2:05:14 pm PST #8816 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Interesting. All those cities sound like hell to live in.
I noticed that I was leaning a bit towards the dystopic. But they have undeniable appeal to me. Lankhmar never seemed hellish to me, though. It's a lot like San Francisco.
Laga - Nov 29, 2008 2:08:14 pm PST #8817 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
the thing that bugs me about Spirited Away is that I know the Japanese characters mean something, but I can't read them, so I feel like I'm missing part of the story.