It’s a problem for all of us. What to do?
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Day: July 18, 2008
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Totoro Forest Project
The forest on the edge of Tokyo that inspired Miyazake to create MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO is being threatened. Where does beauty go when we let it disappear? Hmmm.
The good folks at Pixar are sponsoring an auction (you know, like on eBay) of all these great drawings to help save the forest. Tell your folks. Tell your friends.
But you don’t have to buy anything. The best things in life are always free, right? They have set a website showing work by other artists inspired by this movie. I could look at this site for hours. In fact, I have!
Everyone loves this movie, but how great is it to see how it has inspired so many imaginations? Now there’s another project for a rainy day: where’s your Totoro? Let’s see those drawings.
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I Worshipped John Lennon
When I was fourteen, when I was twelve, when I was seven, John was the one. But I never met him. When Jerry Levitan was fourteen he snuck into John’s hotel room with a tape recorder.
I love the idea of animated documentaries. I recently saw Waltz With Bashir and it’s my film of the year for the moment. It won’t come out until fall (and is completely something else than this) so you will have to content yourself with this remarkable work for the time being. Josh Rashkin’s I MET THE WALRUS was nominated for Academy Award in 2007.
