12/28/2022 0 Comments Mousterpiece cinema![]() ![]() From the brash teens that loudly strut down sidewalks to the disrespect some are shown to have for their elders (and even to Kiki’s own foolhardy positivity), the controllers of this narrative need viewers to know that wisdom can only come from age. Kiki’s Delivery Service makes it hard not to see Miyazaki (and novel writer Eiko Kadono) as a pair of grumpy old people rubbing the impetuousness of youth in their audience’s faces. Kiki’s magical abilities are so singular in the existence of these people that they are forced to come together in order to fully experience her gift. Proud moments of the past have the power to unite a society and strip it of the aloof individualism city life has imposed upon them. Watching the older citizens of Koriko reminisce when seeing a witch alongside the exasperated joy on the faces of children reminds one of why some traditions are so important to cultures around the world. I was, of course, forced to reckon with the inner little boy who would have loved stealing a broom from the garage and utilizing his little sister’s natural, cat-like sarcasm to run around the house screaming about spells, but Ghibli’s ability to speak to the more “seasoned” segment of the audience is what caught my attention in Kiki’s Delivery Service. #Mousterpiece cinema freeAs an adult, the magic of a young girl flying free with a talking cat, and with no authority figures in sight, was largely lost and replaced with an allegory of the many follies of youth. ![]()
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