Aside from avoiding chores and sleeping in, we haven't done too much this weekend. Well, grocery shopping. Errands. We did go out and take pictures in the drizzle this afternoon. I guess we haven't been total pigs.
But we watched a movie about one: Porco Rosso, a film by Hayao Miyazaki about an Italian WWI seaplane pilot/bounty hunter who's been transformed into a partial pig. Sounds odd, I know, but it works. The story line is reminiscent of a mid-twentieth century (post-)war film and the art is wonderful, of course. We'd recommend it to our friends, and by extension to you, so why not see it?
(The Wikipedia article on Porco Rosso has some fun trivia, but you'll see spoilers if you scroll up, so scroll at your own risk.)
Seeing the Studio Ghibli logo at the opening of the film, I was reminded of mehan's story of visiting the Ghibli Museum, which sounds as delightful as the films, so you should go read it right now.
171 words | May 7, 2006 08:54 PM | Real true story