Oscar-nominated auteur paints solitary spirit

Interesting article. Wishing them all good fortune.

"He says the ways his artists have carefully depicted cloudy skies and rippling waves express the soul of the main character, Anna, who nurses a scar in her heart because she is adopted. “It’s a challenge to convey internal emotions visually such as through her facial expressions and the landscape,” he said quietly in an interview with The Associated Press at Studio Ghibli’s picturesque office in Tokyo. “The wind is cold, but there is warmth in an embrace.”

No offence, but when you have to explain what is intended then you have failed to convey the message effectively.

That said, I like the movies the guy has worked on in the past, and I have no doubt he's got a VERY bright future ahead of him -- and I think it says a lot that Ghibli is in his corner and thinks so as well. I'd like to unread the article and see the movie first and see if I got the impression he was trying to get across, but of course I can't. Still, I like the process, and I really like this guy's attitude.

"A picture is a picture.”

Well said.