Earthsea: What a Long Sad Trip It's Been ... (not really news)

[chomiji]

You may recall the travesty that was the Earthsea television special. You may also recall the joyous news that Studio Ghibli (best known for Miyazaki-sensei's films) was going to make an Earthsea movie, and then the much less joyful news that it was Goro Myazaki (Hayao's son) who was actually going to be making the movie.

More recently, Oyceter brought to my attention the fact that in the Ghibli movie - as in the TV mess - everyone is white.   > sigh <   With that in mind, having stumbled over a link to the Australian website for the Ghibli movie, I thought I'd post it here so people can see the trailer etc. if they haven't had that chance. And for good measure, here's Le Guin's commentary on the film, which also mentions why we won't be seeing it in the United States anytime soon.

Comments

[chomiji]

Oh, I definitely agree on Howl (although the green slime scene had the right idea, at least). I much prefer Miyazaki when he's working from his own imagination.

I just thought that some more people ought to be aware that things were happening this way. It seems such a crime. Since the Lord of the Rings movies and Spirited Away came out, I've had all sorts of lovely daydreams about the movies that might be made of various fantasy classics, either as live action or animation, and it looks like very few of these dreams will ever come true.