Miyazaki says he can't stand modern animation.
HONG KONG (AP) -- In the age of digital animation and computer special effects, Hayao Miyazaki is a purist.
The 67-year-old Oscar-winning master animator known for his hand-drawn movies said in a newspaper interview Sunday he hasn't seen any of the major digitally animated films in the last two decades.
"I can't stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me," Miyazaki told Hong Kong's Sunday Morning Post in an interview to promote his latest movie, "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea."
Miyazaki said his recruits are tested in a boot camp where mobile phones, iPods and other electronic devices are banned.
"Young people are surrounded by virtual things," Miyazaki was quoted as saying. "They lack real experience or life and lose their imagination. Animators can only draw from their own experience of pain and shock and emotions."
As a die-hard animation fan, I can definitely see where Miyazaki is coming from. His films are actually some of the few anime-style films I enjoy. I'd love to see what his "boot camp" is all about. I have a collector's set of animation films by Miyazaki, which includes a ton of special features. It's amazing to see the massive production that goes into his films, and the personal involvement that Miyazaki himself puts into them.
That being said, I can't believe I completely forgot about "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea". But there's no way I'm renting it, I must find a way to see it in a theater. If you live in Albuquerque and know where they would possibly show it, contact me right away!
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