Miyazaki @ Zellerbach

Miyazaki @ Zellerbach, originally uploaded by tingeisha.

Miyazaki was such a delight! He was humble, inspiring, wise, and very very funny! Kelts began the conversation with the Apocalypse and Miyazakisan said, "I know I won't see the Apocolypse in my lifetime, but I like to imagine what it would look like... Sometimes I like to look down at Tokyo and just imagine the water being closer than what it is now..."

He mentioned that a lot of characters where based on his co-workers, or people he knew. All the movies he's ever made were really a labor or love. His goal was to merely make good films

One quote that I'd like to share, that came from audience questions, was about True Love. He said, "After many trials in life, at the end you always find love."

I do have to say his humor was the one thing I will remember about this live interview. He was so hilarious about his work, his family, and his ideas. He likes to share his inspirations with some kind of humor. For example, when he has ideas he tries his best to think of things and when he's stuck he just keeps thinking till he can smell blood. Many of his character designs come from simple things that we can relate to. In Totoro he wanted the character to have the look of something that could be brilliantly smart, or extremely dumb. (haha) If you could see how he explained this, it was wonderful! XOXO

Some of the peers he mentioned were Lasseter, and Aardman. He explained that they had the same views that he did with animation.

There were many other things he said that I wish I could remember right now, but that would mean typing out his whole interview! haha!

This night I was very inspired and I hope to someday make films that inspire others as well.

Event Information:
ieas.berkeley.edu/cjs/miyazaki.html






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