Princess Mononoke Screening Report

Princess Mononoke

1.  Relate what was discussed in class or the text to the screening. In class, we discussed different types of movies, focusing on animation, and creating animated movements with the camera. The film presented was Princess Mononoke, is a 1997 Japanese animated epic historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, who is very well known, creating the unimaginable and uniquely showing beauty in nature and in people. In Princess Mononoke, was packed with mystery, action, adventure, and hope for the last Emishi prince, Ashitaka, who is on quest to find the great forest spirit to undo a curse he received from a demon boar god, who was attacking his village.  He encounters San, a young warrior woman who was raised by wolves in the woods and Lady Eboshi, the leader of Irontown, an industrialized settle that was started a war with the forest, which Lady Eboshi plans to get rid of the forest.
2. Find a related article and summarize the content. In the article “Why Princess Mononoke is even more relevant 20 years later”, discussed about how the movie represents its input in today’s world. How in the movie, the forest is dying, referring to pollution and the constant battle between the forest and humans. Industrialization has erupted in the mountains, causing this war to start. In the article, it entails that industrialization is not inherently evil but presents society with a range of jobs, protections, innovations, and opportunities. Furthermore, displaying how when an advanced civilization occurs issues such as a want for more power, pollution, war, deforestation, species extinction, and climate change; all things that can relate to today’s world.Dazed. “Why Princess Mononoke Is Even More Relevant 20 Years Later.” Dazed, Dazed Digital, 12 July 2017, www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/36735/1/why-princess-mononoke-is-even-more-relevant-20-years-later.
3. Apply the article to the film screened in class. How did the article support or change the way you thought about the film, director, content, etc.?  In the article “Why Princess Mononoke is even more relevant 20 years later”, states “Mononoke is about war, accountability and redemption.” That describes the movie in three words. It demonstrates what war does, and this being one of Hayao Miyazaki bloodiest film, it shows what the consequences are. Accountability, applying to take action and redemption, basically Ashitaka’s journey as well as the ending when the war is over, and the forest begins to heal and grow. A film highlighting taking a journey to a better future.
4.  Write a critical analysis of the film, including your personal opinion, formed as a result of the screening, class discussions, text material and the article. The director of this film is very well known to make films that have a deeper meaning. His films showcase the beauty and the ugly in the worlds he creates. This film represented what todays world is. The constant want for power and control. How climate change is occurring and not taking the actions necessary to face it. Hayao Miyazaki’s films always have a pleased ending with peace and change being the result.

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Name: Andre Perez Date: June 12, 2018