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Now: Spirited Away
It would be fun if there were such a bath house. It's the same as when we go to hot springs. Japanese gods go there to rest for a few days, then return home saying they wished they could stay for a little while longer. I was imagining such things as I made images. I was thinking that it's tough being a Japanese god today.
(Director Hayao Miyazaki)
Studio Ghibli is one…
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Now: The Lion King
The reflection is shattered by ZEBRA who leap into the water and cross, causing an explosion of shimmering droplets. In the b.g., AN ELEPHANT with birds perched on its head and tusks gives them safe passage across the stream. PAN to see the animals getting out of the stream and joining a SCREENFUL of animals, all walking in the same direction.
(The 5th Scene in The Lion King's Shooting Script.)
Talking…
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Now: Stalker
What was it? A meteorite, or a visitation from outer space? Whatever it was, in our small land there appeared a miracle of miracles: the Zone.
(The Opening Titles)
The story starts in an area on the ruined periphery of a bleak industrial city. A mysterious Zone that defies the rules of life can be found in a district, which is not allowed to enter. The only person who knows the exact directions…
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Now: Gone with the Wind
...Perhaps, I want the old days back again and they’ll never come back, and I am haunted by the memory of them and the world falling about my ears.
(Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes)
There must be a reason, that more than 80 years have passed by the official release date of Gone with the Wind and not a single remake was tried to be made. For these monumental films,…
