Porco Rosso
The adventures of a 1930's bush pilot who just happens to look like a humanoid pig. Read more
| Director | Hayao Miyazaki |
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| Genres | Drama |
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Porco Rosso
The adventures of a 1930's bush pilot who just happens to look like a humanoid pig.
| Director | Hayao Miyazaki |
|---|---|
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Dubbed | English |
| Released | DVD: 30 Jan 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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The pig flies tonight!
If you weren't already aware that Miyazaki named his production company Studio Ghibli after a vintage Italian light aircraft you will be after you watch this. It's devoted to flight. It's an absolute love letter to little, old fashioned aeroplanes zipping around the Adriatic getting into all kinds of scrimps and scrapes and it also happens to be one of Miyazaki's very finest movies. And who cares why Porco was turned into a pig? It's a bally metaphor you chaps. Sort yer heads out. Porco is an existential hero, dont'cha know? He is an expression of his own being, trying to live authentically in a time not of his choosing. Yeah, man. And while it treats of the kind of retro-futurist, neo-mythical past we saw done in incredible style more recently in Steamboy, the film manages to throw in references to Italy's fascist period and to shallow American imperialism that give it a real-world kick I'm unused to in Miyazaki. Also, for me, many of his films are either too long, or strike too many false notes to be perfectly satisfying, but here everything is just about perfect. Even the English dubbing is spot on, and coming from a confirmed world cinema snob, that is high praise indeed. Except that they can't pronounce Milan properly, but that's a very minor gripe. This is pure Miyazaki magic, full of the kind of depth and ambiguity so many of his contemporaries lack, but also so irresistably simple and pure you'll wonder why all movies aren't like this. It's absolutely great art of the highest possible kind, and a charming adventure and a poignant love story - do I allow myself to recommend it to children of all ages? Phooey. That would be going a bit too far. It is wonderful though. It would be hard to imagine a human being alive who could not thoroughly enjoy this film. Magical.
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20 out of 20 people found this review helpful
The pig flies tonight!
If you weren't already aware that Miyazaki named his production company Studio Ghibli after a vintage Italian light aircraft you will be after you watch this. It's devoted to flight. It's an absolute love letter to little, old fashioned aeroplanes zipping around the Adriatic getting into all kinds of scrimps and scrapes and it also happens to be one of Miyazaki's very finest movies. And who cares why Porco was turned into a pig? It's a bally metaphor you chaps. Sort yer heads out. Porco is an existential hero, dont'cha know? He is an expression of his own being, trying to live authentically in a time not of his choosing. Yeah, man. And while it treats of the kind of retro-futurist, neo-mythical past we saw done in incredible style more recently in Steamboy, the film manages to throw in references to Italy's fascist period and to shallow American imperialism that give it a real-world kick I'm unused to in Miyazaki. Also, for me, many of his films are either too long, or strike too many false notes to be perfectly satisfying, but here everything is just about perfect. Even the English dubbing is spot on, and coming from a confirmed world cinema snob, that is high praise indeed. Except that they can't pronounce Milan properly, but that's a very minor gripe. This is pure Miyazaki magic, full of the kind of depth and ambiguity so many of his contemporaries lack, but also so irresistably simple and pure you'll wonder why all movies aren't like this. It's absolutely great art of the highest possible kind, and a charming adventure and a poignant love story - do I allow myself to recommend it to children of all ages? Phooey. That would be going a bit too far. It is wonderful though. It would be hard to imagine a human being alive who could not thoroughly enjoy this film. Magical.
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