Therapist Reacts to THE BOY AND THE HERON

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How do we honor and remember those we have lost?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are reacting to Studio Ghibli’s newest film, The Boy and the Heron. They talk about Mahito’s grief and journey to acceptance. Jonathan shares his own experience grieving the death of his mother as well as looking back on life without regret. Alan shares his perspective on regret and his thoughts on Ghibli animation techniques. And they acknowledge Hayao Miyazaki being a master at work, even if they don’t fully understand the work. It’s kind of trippy!
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Written by: Megan Seawright, Jonathan Decker, and Alan Seawright
Produced by: Jonathan Decker, Megan Seawright, Alan Seawright, and Corinne Demyanovich
Edited by: David Sant
Director of Photography: Bradley Olsen
English Transcription by: Anna Preis
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@CinemaTherapyShow Ай бұрын

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@SavetheGenderroles 23 күн бұрын

I know we shouldn't prioritize our relationships with Men. And shows like the Santa Chlotia diet and more recently zom 100 had a clear firm message to those dusties they'll dusties they'll get sympathy Donald Trump sew power in the group also oppressed by democracy told them that their feelings are valid guys are siding Trump ovet wives& Girlfriend sisters mother's and daughters. I know we shouldn't care about or relationships with Men but sense our power is threatened by we should telling their feelings valid

@MrCactusVids 23 күн бұрын

how is this from 2 weeks ago???

@Chloebushwa 23 күн бұрын

Donald sew the power in groups also oppressed by democracy. And told them their feelings are valid

@DemLep 23 күн бұрын

@@MrCactusVids I think it gets uploaded unlisted and released to patrons first.

@DemLep 23 күн бұрын

So from what I remember from when the movie came out, Studio Ghibli said this will be the last Miyazaki film. Then a little after that Miyazaki said something along the lines of, well I never said that. I don't have the exact quotes though. But yeah I think we'll totally see another Miyazaki film in a few years.

@JaeStories87 23 күн бұрын

I'm still upset that they changed the title. In Japanese, it's "How Do You Live?" as in, how do you live after loss, disaster, and trauma. That's so much more impactful than "The Boy and the Heron"

@CinemaTherapyShow 23 күн бұрын

Yeah, that's a better title.

@Caterfree10 23 күн бұрын

From what i understand, the title change was due to not infringing on a book of the same name (and I think the one that’s actually referenced in the movie I want to say?). Still such a shame to have to do that though.

@reganv.8309 23 күн бұрын

Same!!

@wisperg1788 23 күн бұрын

@@Caterfree10That doesn’t make sense. Although the story is completely different, they actually licensed the book to use the title. The book is mentioned in the credits. I think they just decided the title change was better for marketing, for whatever reason.

@inazuma3gou 23 күн бұрын

The title change happens all the time usually to suit the audience better. The Incredibles came to Japan as Mr Incredible, which changed the entire focus of the movie.

@reubenhall2778 23 күн бұрын

Theres a lot of symbolism with Miyizaki accepting that hes irreplaceable, and his legacy truly has no successor. But people should follow their own creative paths, just as Mahito chose his own path in life. I also think that theres a lot that involves Myizaki's creative companion, Isao Takahata. Hes since passed away, but has also made an undeniable impact on the world of animation. A lot of stuff to unpack.

@NecroMorrius 23 күн бұрын

Build your own tower. He’s telling his son to carve his own path, build his own legacy.

@HexIsme 23 күн бұрын

The point is not to keep a good thing going indefinitely, just because it's good. If nothing good ever died, there'd be no room for new good things to thrive. Therefore, value those good things, but not to the point of not letting them go and not accepting new good things.

@k____90 21 күн бұрын

Despite news that saying this wouldn't be his last movie and that Miyazaki is already making new movies, in many ways, I think this movie is the perfect "last movie" for me

@lockonstratos31 18 күн бұрын

@@HexIsme Yeah Star Wars is proof of that

@jujublue4426 10 күн бұрын

While Miyazaki is irreplaceable, there are other talented Japanese directors like Makoto Shinkai or Mamoru Hosoda, there won't be a new Miyazaki but we will still have talented creators in Japanimation.

@trinaq 23 күн бұрын

I love that Robert Pattinson rarely does voice work, but he was gleeful over playing a mischievous heron, considering that he's mostly played brooding young men, such as Bruce Wayne or Edward Cullen.

@yb9964 23 күн бұрын

He’s fully in his Mathew McConaughey era, the one where he continuously surprises people with his range despite being attractive and type cast. His personality seems chaotic and hilarious so I love that he did this role 😂

@tell-me-a-story- 23 күн бұрын

Is Bruce young? I always pictured he was quite a bit older than super man, with Batman bing in his early 40’s, and super man being 24 or something. Just a headcanon, though.

@tomatooverlord2764 23 күн бұрын

@@tell-me-a-story- Well, first of all, Robert Pattinson has only played Bruce Wayne in The Batman, a movie where Bruce has only just recently become Batman, so he's much younger than modern comic book Bruce. Second, Bruce and Clark have always been around the same age in comics, with them occasionally even switching places due to looking similar enough to pass for the other. Third, comic book Clark has a son who became Superboy at 10 years old, and was born after Clark first became Superman.

@SohiHien 23 күн бұрын

@@tell-me-a-story- Bruce and Clark are around the same age. And throughout all the batman comics and other media Bruce is different ages depending on when the storyline is happening. Robert Pattinson was in the most recent Batman movie called "The Batman" which focuses on Bruce when he is in his early 20s and has only been batman for about a year so in the most recent movie Bruce is young.

@tell-me-a-story- 23 күн бұрын

@@SohiHien oh okay

@junookubo4188 23 күн бұрын

When I was 7 years old, I lost my older brother. He got hit by a car that sped off afterwards, and didn’t die immediately. I managed to call for an ambulance with his phone, and he died on the way to the hospital. He was 18 years old when it happened, and he was a star student. He got accepted into a big name law school, and was going to study to become a lawyer for abused children. He told me that after he graduated and got situated with a job, he would get a big house that both he and I could live in. That, I wouldn’t have to do anything that I didn’t want to do. All of that got taken away within a blink of an eye. He used to always tell me; "You’re a good girl. You did so well, you don’t have to try so hard anymore. I’m here for you.". He said that as his last words in the ambulance that he died in. The first person that showed me what true love was, got taken away from me. The scene where Mahito’s mother dies in the fire, and he sees it happening, reminds me of when my older brother died. Just like how Mahito remembers his mother dying and sees it in a dream, that exact thing has happened to me countless times. This movie hit really hard for me. Thanks for covering it.

@oenchanteddoveart6294 23 күн бұрын

This is a really powerful testimony! Also the way you write it has such an elegance and longing that I always aspire to as someone who loves writing stories. I can tell you have a heart that isn't afraid to dream and I know that your brother will always be there for you through your life story and that it will turn out to be the most beautiful tale about a young girl whose dreams led her home. Nothing is ever lost my friend 💙

@squarebear619 23 күн бұрын

My deepest condolences. I hope they caught the coward who drove away. I just feel compelled to tell you that the love you experienced truly matters, and though he's not physically here, he is in other ways. You sharing this is sharing that love with others, and it is moving.

@lovelessuponthewall 23 күн бұрын

❤❤❤

@ricekrispies1917 21 күн бұрын

Broke my heart reading your story and the fate of your brother. I am so sorry for your loss. I can only hope you've found a way to live on past this pain. I know it doesn't mean much coming from a stranger but your brother sounded like an incredible and kind person. It would of been an honor to have met someone that brave. Even if he's gone, you still carry the memory of him and that will live on through you. He mattered and still does, just like you did to him. Wishing you the best

@DavidRodriguez-gl5pn 21 күн бұрын

Love transcends time and space. I hope you know he still loves you ❤

@NecroMorrius 23 күн бұрын

Parakeet man and the other parakeets are critics who were mad at Miyazaki for letting Goro try. Goro didn’t want to build his Dad’s empire though, he wanted to build his own. And his Dad’s saying that’s OK. It’s ok. Let the tower die. Build your own tower. Be your own man. Live your own life. If this wasn’t clear by the end, the moment where they harmlessly shit all over everything without dampening their joy ought to be the big clue!

@VadBlackwood 22 күн бұрын

It's an unexpected take, but I really like it

@CherryCherub97 22 күн бұрын

It wasn't Miyazaki that encouraged Goro to try and direct his first movie though, it was one of Ghibli's producers Toshio Suzuki. Hayao Miyazaki apparently didn't think Goro had it in him to become a movie director, at least not back then. I do agree that that scene was Miyazaki's way of telling Goro that he can build his own tower and find his own way though. They seem to have had a rocky relationship, but maybe they've accepted their differences now. I also think it's Miyazaki telling the current & future generation to follow their own paths as well. Personally I thought the Parakeet king could be movie company executives who just want to rush out as many movies as they can without much thougt, just so that they can earn money rather than actually putting out something deep and thought-provoking.

@Tetradepodmelontea 21 күн бұрын

I see birds empire as a Predator/War/Patriarchak force. They kinda feed of unborn souls, and girls set unborn souls on fire to stop them and to save motherhood for few happy children rather than thousands of war orphans. Militarism, fascism and far right world view often comes with antifeminism. Birds are predators who see world as instrument, not as act of love and beauty. Patakeets are cannibalistic because war expenses are taken from common people well being. Many people died from hunger for fascist airplanes to be build in Japan. Here is an ambivslence in Miyazaki. He loves airplanes as an act of beauty and labour, yet hates to use them for that they are made for as humanist.

@ExistentialistBread 21 күн бұрын

Wow this is an amazing take

@littleredruri 20 күн бұрын

After everything that's happened with Goro and his father, with Ghibli and the many alleged successors who were taken too soon or didn't want to take over, and especially with me and my own writing journey over the past few years, this hits really hard. Don't try to be the next Miyazaki, or Tarantino or Scorsese or Coppola, be the first you.

@ayabeth5176 23 күн бұрын

"Hayao Miyazaki is in a I'm old, I'm doing whatever the f*ck I want faze" He's been like that for quite a while lol

@notayoutubechannel9275 11 күн бұрын

and we love him for that

@ibelieveinwoozisupremacy8681 4 күн бұрын

his goal is really to presents whatever he wants it to be, he's basically pure artist heart

@stevenmoffett3460 23 күн бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="720">12:00</a> the old ladies said that when himi went missing she came back with no memories, just a smile. She had a great experience but she couldn't remember. The grey heron also mentioned that people forget pretty quickly any experiences they had in the other world.

@Luna-dk9cn 23 күн бұрын

I love that Miyazaki always shows in his works how he hates war. And I believe that the old man is Miyazaki and the Tower is Ghibli studio, he always says that studio will die and that's okay

@cheezemonkeyeater 23 күн бұрын

"I don't know the symbolism of the parakeet king destroying the stone is." My best guess? It's a symbol of how something the old man brought with him undid his work. He had just been telling the boy earlier that he had to be pure and perfect to keep the world alive and the boy admitted that he was neither of those things and then we get a reveal that, well, neither was the old man. I may be getting the exact details of the conversation mixed up, I haven't seen this since it was in theaters, but that was my takeaway. Among other things, this movie was really layered.

@chanterelle483 23 күн бұрын

I saw it as a commentary on fascism, it wants to remade world in its image and destroys it in the process.

@ameliefnlt 22 күн бұрын

I took it as "hardcore ghibli fan / existing team may not be the best fit to continue the ghibli that Miyazaki has in his heart. They are too tainted by preconceive notions"

@cheezemonkeyeater 22 күн бұрын

@@ameliefnlt It definitely feels like he's talking to the people who are trying to fill his shoes. Possibly it also contains a message to his son (they have a known fraught relationship), but I don't want to speculate on the specifics of that. I'm not the sort to insert myself into other people's family matters without invitation.

@michaelglinski3809 22 күн бұрын

@@ameliefnlt That's my favorite theory as well. A whole host of people who think that they know what would make a Ghibli film "better" just because they've watched a lot of them. Also people who don't care about the quality of something, they just want that thing to keep existing in perpetuity, even if the quality suffers. TL:DR- Old man yells at weebs.

@cl-hx 22 күн бұрын

There also could be an interpretation with Hayao & Isao political views. They were involved w the comunist party in japan back in the day & all their movies are heavily anti-imperialism/anti-fascism/ anti-war. In their documentary/interviews, they always talked about how they wanted studio ghibli to close down instead of becoming a machine for profit (kind of like disney). The parakeets' visuals being similar to fasc*st, which is very funny, could symbolize the fact that their company & ideas can be corrupted and destroyed very easily. But since one theme of the movie is acceptance, you have to accept that too

@abferris 22 күн бұрын

So when you guys were talking about how the mother lashing out that she hates him was a twisted version, I think this isn’t a version but part of her buried deep inside. She has tried so hard to connect, and done everything in her power to show him that she loves him, and all she is met with is polite indifference. In a similar vein of him fearing rejection, and warding himself by not getting close, this is a real vision of what he doesn’t see, the hurt and the struggle his aunt goes through trying to measure up.

@midnight6994 22 күн бұрын

Yeah I'd understand her bearing resentment on him after trying her best knowing Mahito's situation and losing her own sister to that fire. In that moment she was very vulnerable, unable to control her emotions and seemingly acted herself as a sacrifice so that the tower has an heir (I think that's why she was preparing for her birth there?) The place itself very much look like a tomb or a ancient stone shrine surrounded by a ring of shide (paper strips) that's meant to separate something sacred or to signify a sacred or clean space, it could also symbolize containment or keeping a space sealed with the significance of childbirth and it's impurities I could see why they kept her in that quiet and clean space.

@Hendanher 21 күн бұрын

I agree but I think the aunt isn’t afraid of not measuring up but instead is also grieving, like while the aunt is trying to see Mahito as her son I think she still sees him as an extension of her sister (aka Mahito sees her as a ghost of his mother and she sees him as a ghost of her sister) which is why she looks at him like that in the scene where he is sleeping, he reminds her of her sister. This means that the tomb is the first time he reaches out specifically to her as a person and also the first time she stops putting on a front, thus seeing each other as two people grieving the same person instead of a cruel reminder of what they have lost and allowing a genuine connection to finally form between them.

@andreashelley4870 23 күн бұрын

I love that the aunt is there too. She was probably dealing with all kinds of grief and guilt, even if she was putting on a happy face.

@AFinch63-pi2nl 23 күн бұрын

This was the first Ghibli film I ever saw in a movie theater. Best ticket I ever bought last summer! Also, side note: how does the actors that Studio Ghibli gets for their dubs just always rock?

@CinemaTherapyShow 23 күн бұрын

The dub cast is incredible!

@Wreaknatter 23 күн бұрын

It helps that, in the US, the Ghibli Films used to be distributed by Disney, and most of Hollywood loved the general preservationists messages a lot of the films conveyed. They're now currently done by Shout! (except in Japan and home distribution, where it's still Disney), but I think the reputation stuck, and most actors who have been asked, have expressed desire to be cast in a Ghibli film.

@Caterfree10 23 күн бұрын

Tbh they weren’t always good. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind famously got butchered into Warriors of the Wind and that basically lead Miyazaki on an understandable anti cut rampage - to the point it’s said that when he heard Disney tried to make cuts to Princess Mononoke due to the violence, a sword was shipped to them with the message “NO CUTS”. Since then, dubs were done with care and quality, and no one would dare do any less for Ghibli films.

@TelekinesisStudios 23 күн бұрын

@@Caterfree10 I didn't know this about Miyazaki! Such a great and artistic move to send the sword! Love that. Love his films, even when I don't really understand them.

@zeonmoo192 23 күн бұрын

I saw it while it was still only in Japan, it was an amazing experience!

@dragonbretheren 23 күн бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="680">11:20</a> Regarding the confusion of the timeline, I don't know if it was carried through in the English dub, but in the original dub, there was a line somewhere explaining upon leaving the tower, they would lose their memories of the specifics, but retain the lessons and growth they experienced. Thus, the young versions of the mother and the maid don't recall the specifics shown in the movie, but perhaps came away with greater appreciation for family. There's also a hinted possibility that the mother "imprinted" an image of the main character in her heart, thus making her fall in love with his father.

@natnerdz 23 күн бұрын

I don’t think it was said in the English dub, however, I got the hint on my first watch of that happening.

@sierralovat5498 22 күн бұрын

Yes, that is a fairy/fae law. You get to keep the feeling and the lessons but you are not allowed to walk away with the memories, those don't belong to you but to the realm - along with it's magic.

@zellafae 22 күн бұрын

I just watched the move on dvd and there was a line about his mother going in the tower when she was younger and being gone for a whole year, but she didn’t remember anything that had happened in the tower, but she was happy and smiling when she came out

@EChacon 23 күн бұрын

I think this is one of Miyazaki’s and perhaps Studio Ghibli’s most complex films and ⁠besides the film touching upon loss and grief and the scene when Mahito was reading the "How do You Live" Book from his late Mother while "Ask me Why" played in the background did left me in tears, I really enjoyed the symbolism and the usage of the birds that appeared in the film (The Heron, the Pelicans, and the Parakeets) and represent a characteristic from our human nature.🕊️🐦🪶🦜 1. The Grey Heron symbolizes the Messenger of Death, a silent observer of human existence. In addition, he is also the embodiment of Mahito's trauma from the bombing of a plane causing the death of his mother. 2. The Pelicans symbolize the desire/want and the neglected emotions in Human nature as they are hungry and desperate in finding food. At the same time, they also are a metaphor for abortion and miscarriage in newborns hence the Pelicans eating the Warawara. 3. The Parakeets (including the Parakeet King) symbolize the wrath and violence that plagues humanity. Their aggression and menacing behaviour mirror the brutality of conflict between humans.

@BNLNRD 20 күн бұрын

Don't know that Miyazaki was an expressed opponent of abortion... Also, that metaphor seems shaky to me considering are eating the Warawara for lack of alternatives, right? They seem to be in some kind of purgatory

@EChacon 20 күн бұрын

@@BNLNRD Literally the Warawara are newborn souls ready to be entering the world as babies in the human world according the Kiriko. When the Pelicans started eating the Warawara, it’s literally a representation of miscarriage or stillborn.

@EChacon 20 күн бұрын

@@BNLNRD But the Warawara were literally a representation of newborn babies so when the Pelicans started eating some of them it’s a metaphor of newborn miscarriage or stillborn.

@namehereandthere 5 күн бұрын

The Warawara could also represent creative ideas, dreams . When our basic needs aren’t met, we kill off our dreams.

@lindsayspeirs159 22 күн бұрын

"You hurt until you hurt less" Once again Internet Dad is out here hitting me in the emotions.

@sundragon7703 23 күн бұрын

Traditionally, hula (a Polynesian dance) has 5 levels of meaning. By metaphor, The Boy and the Heron is a hula. For example, scenes involving the "grandfather" character, the tower of blocks, parakeets are elements for the Hayao & his father's level, Hayao & his son's level, the Miyazaki relationship with Studio Ghibli, the Miyazaki relationship with the anime industry, the Miyazaki relationship with the public (esp. fandom), and Hayao & himself. Everyone of those is simultaneously playing out. The film is a masterful juggling act, the most personal, and the most critical (i.e. opinionated) title of the Hayao Miyazaki's career. (It helps to understand Japanese behaviors, mythology & customs; the history of Japan; the history of Studio Ghibli; and the issues with fans for starters.)

@maggie6152 23 күн бұрын

Ok, the parakeets representing rabid fans is absolutely hilarious and is now my head canon.

@GLAASJEMELC 23 күн бұрын

@@maggie6152 bshhahaha stoopp :D

@folkalchemy 23 күн бұрын

To answer Alan’s question at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="675">11:15</a> for anyone wondering-because it’s fun and because I’m obsessed with this movie and not because it really needs answering-One of the old lady caretakers talks about how his mother disappeared when she was a child and when they found her she was “grinning from ear to ear with no memory of being gone or what happened to her” so she knew who she was going to be and become but also that she was going back into the experience of being herself rather than having the memory of who she is or was or will be. And to me it’s a beautiful perspective on how life throws everyone into that choice and circumstance at different points in our lives as well as just simply thru the act of our being born. Thanks guys, LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!

@RWBYfangirl9320 23 күн бұрын

As a studio ghibli fan, This was my first studio ghibli movie/anime movies I watched in a movie theater and it was a good movie to see in a theaters.

@FishareFriendsNotFood972 23 күн бұрын

I highly recommend the 'I'm an old man, f you I don't care' phase of life. 10/10, almost worth all the back pain it comes with!

@katsuLucas 20 күн бұрын

🤣

@JJ-xs9me 23 күн бұрын

I always believed that the soroate marriage wasn’t just about continuing an alliance between families but as two adults grieving and becoming close because of how they were both close to himi.

@chubbybunny6975 22 күн бұрын

Absolutely. Trauma bonding is a very real thing, and spouses and in-laws becoming a couple after a spouse/sibling dies is actually way more common than people realize

@pomelo9518 20 күн бұрын

@@chubbybunny6975 You might want to search up the popular meaning of the phrase 'trauma bonding'.

@Celediev 20 күн бұрын

@@pomelo9518 damn that's very different from what it is used for above.

@jamieohjamie 23 күн бұрын

Fun fact: There are 13 stones. Miyazaki made 13 Ghibli films. Some people have interpreted the stone stacking as Ghibli nodding at the younger generations to take his work, be inspired by it, and create their own worlds. To me, the Parakeet King represents someone who does not carefully craft a story, but rather haphazardly tries to just quickly produce something (think, for example, AI tech bros or execs who create low-effort slop simply for money). I think that's why, after the Parakeet King fails to make a tower, the entire world falls apart.

@CinemaTherapyShow 23 күн бұрын

Ooh interesting insight!

@marybarlow765 23 күн бұрын

"You hurt until you hurt less." Oof! That was powerful.

@Colaschnittchen 23 күн бұрын

My grandfather died over 14 Years ago. I remembered not crying at all at the funeral, even thought we were really close. There was no sadness, no tears, no problems. I visited his grave last week and I just started to tell him about my life and what happend since he died. It started as a joke, but once i started I couldnt stop and I turned in a sobbing mess in seconds. Felt so good afterwards

@wrestlingwithlife7297 23 күн бұрын

Attempt #2 of asking for Spirit l: Stallion of the Cimarron!! Was my absolute childhood movie growing up and the filmmaking is so beautiful with amazing scores and concepts of loss and staying true to once nature even in the face of adversity!

@wryanhart1155 23 күн бұрын

Yesss!! Please do this one!!

@dopplarwaves 23 күн бұрын

I think my heart would stop if they did because it is STILL one of my fave movies!! I cry everytime Sound the Bugle plays

@cryptid.creates 23 күн бұрын

YES PLEASE this movie played on repeat when I was a kid !!!

@Katecatable 23 күн бұрын

Would love that! This movie had so little words but so much meaning. The songs... ❤ Would be also a great chance to adress the collective trauma first nations had to endure by Europeans.

@StealAwayTheStars 23 күн бұрын

Yessss I want them to cover this movie so, so badly!

@StrangePhoton 23 күн бұрын

I'm not a crier... like at all. But when we saw this film last year in a little community art house theater, my face was dripping with tears, and to this day, I have no idea why. My wife is the Ghibli fan, and has seen all of them, but I was happy to go with her and when it was done, I was blown away. Gotta watch this one at least a few more times to unravel those complex threads, for sure.

@chanterelle483 23 күн бұрын

It really got me, too.

@zellafae 22 күн бұрын

Same

@smalltownpoetry 23 күн бұрын

An arrival episode? Yes please!!! Also a quick poem I wrote. "Sometimes, I wish my story was written with a pencil instead of a pen. To erase all the bad times, the mistakes, the what could have been. But in the end, I wouldn't trade them for anything. They made me who I am today. And to me, that's everything."

@oliverfulayter5515 23 күн бұрын

I like your poem

@nononosfe 23 күн бұрын

poem goes hard af keep making those

@sofiafance888 23 күн бұрын

My friend, who is also an expert in Japanese culture, told me before I went to the cinema that she didn't get this film at all. And it's probably because she tried to look really deeply into it and to understand every single cultural easter egg, which is something I cannot do. So, as I learnt from you, I went to see the film with one intention: to grasp the emotional aspect of it. In the end, it was exactly like you two said, "I don't understand all of it, but it doesn't matter"😅 First and foremost, I saw a story about grief and how you cannot escape from the real world to forget, how important it is to connect, and even though life is full of heartbreak, it's worth living. And then I also read an interesting take on how the scene between Great Uncle and Mahito is kind of like a message from Miyazaki to his son, something like, "Maybe, the worlds I create will die with me and you won't inherit them, but that's alright because you walk your own path."

@twitchgiggles 23 күн бұрын

Grief is love that has no place to go. That's what it's become for me. Since my mom passed away, I miss recieving her love and giving her love.

@Aashbard01 23 күн бұрын

I feel like Studio Ghibli films are about finding strength, wonder and beauty after experiencing loss and fear. "The Boy and the Heron" is about Mahito remembering the people who were important to him and living his life with the other people in his life who loves him. I love this film's view of grief too, it's so beautiful and wise. I love Hayao Miyazaki's work just as much as you guys! ❤❤😊😊

@yb9964 23 күн бұрын

I’m sorry to say, I don’t think I have enough brain cells to understand some of these studio Ghibli movies 😭 I just vibe with it and move on. Also, Robert Pattinson has RANGE from sparkly vampire to oddly perverted bird.

@sleepan-rm 23 күн бұрын

Same! I never understand the deeper meaning of Ghibli movies, but the animation and art style is beautiful 😅

@yb9964 23 күн бұрын

@@sleepan-rmwhen I watch Chihiro’s voyage, Princess Mononoke, and this, it’s just no brain, just ✨pretty✨

@Tamayo.Sama2023 23 күн бұрын

I can understand, most of the ghibli movies are very asian folklore centric. Miyazaki loves to mix WW2 european background with asian folklore

@yb9964 23 күн бұрын

@@Tamayo.Sama2023I try to google search a lot of his reference but I think there’s a world of knowledge out there I just won’t have if I haven’t grown up with that specific culture. I appreciate the beauty nonetheless, and the storytelling seems to reach far beyond his native country so clearly, art transcends 😄

@PegasusPablo 23 күн бұрын

For me there's a sense of uneasiness, almost discomfort and apprehension.

@jenniferzhu1508 23 күн бұрын

I feel like a lot of the plot and symbolism became clear after viewing the movie as Miyazaki's biography to himself and to his children/grandchildren/successor, it made me appreaciate the movie on a different level~

@AlanYoung-nr6sg 23 күн бұрын

This is definitely the deepest Ghibli film i have ever seen. I didnt get shocked in awe unlike the previous films, until i put in the perspective from Miyazaki's life and career then it all just clicked.

@laviniasnow4494 23 күн бұрын

The day my grandmother died, my mother changed forever. It was the first time I saw my mum as a helpless child and the dynamic between us shifted so that I had to shield her emotionally from stress and really took care of her for a while until she managed to process what happened. Her death came unexpectedly. This unpleasant experience tightened the bond between my mum and I. This is the good outcome that came out of this. 🙂🙁

@johnkrappweis7367 23 күн бұрын

I remember seeing my mother cry at her mother’s funeral. It was more than twenty years ago but it still has an emotional impact.

@laviniasnow4494 23 күн бұрын

@@johnkrappweis7367 Yeah, it totally does and it stays with you forever. 😐

@wombat4583 22 күн бұрын

I don't like sayings like 'this is the good that came out of this' as if it erases everything else. At least in your circumstances I'm assuming natural age and not a traumatic incident was the cause, I find the people most comfortable are usually the ones telling others to accept or even downplay experiences. Because while people with grief and trauma usually are blindsided by certain things and working through it realize that some things wouldn't have been different for one reason of another people do very much wish certain things could have changed or been different even if it means losing other things (or nothing at all. Some things are just that shitty).

@laviniasnow4494 22 күн бұрын

@@wombat4583 “I find the people most comfortable are usually the ones telling others to accept or even downplay experiences.” What? I didn't tell anybody anything so I don't have a clue what you're talking about. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@wombat4583 22 күн бұрын

@@laviniasnow4494 I never said you did. From your comment I only hate the 'good outcome that came from it'. The rest are just the rest of my thoughts.

@ab_stuffnart8735 23 күн бұрын

I love (and sadly hate) the theory that the magical house that Mahito breaks into is the Studio Ghibli itself. Because only in the beautiful act of animation can you make a reality where your younger self is able to meet the younger version of your mother. Only in art like animation can you relive personal journeys in life through fantastical story telling and animation. One day, Studio Ghibli will fall apart. But the fantasies and stories they created…wouldn’t. We will embrace our reality, no matter how horrible it seems, and take inspiration from those wonderful animated movies with us. To deal with our own hurting and/or guilt, and learn to accept life as it is. And if we can’t, then we learn to use our power to change it for the better. And I find it all… tragically beautiful. Thank you again for reviewing all of my favorite movies and giving me more reasons to cry about them. I love this channel! ❤

@Eternitycomplex 23 күн бұрын

I think trying to make sense of this film is like trying to make sense of a dream. It has its own internal logic that only makes sense in the moment, not upon reflection.

@Generalized615 23 күн бұрын

I just rewatched this last night after seeing it in theaters and I keep thinking how crazy it is that it might be my favorite Ghibli movie after all these years.

@trinaq 23 күн бұрын

Please review "Legally Blonde", and how we can subvert everyone's expectations, and have faith in our own abilities. Elle Woods taught me that you can have both looks and brains, you don't have to choose.

@yb9964 23 күн бұрын

YES !!! And about how this movie is the epitome of girlhood, blond bimbo stereotype but not an a hole to her fellow women

@DardreiGraves 23 күн бұрын

Legally Blonde absolutely help dispel my own internalized misogyny. Good idea and great choice.

@haydnberthold9489 23 күн бұрын

John's anime arch is reaching its peak. Can't wait for the second season of whatever arch comes next.

@shelbyherring92 23 күн бұрын

*arc Arch is a structure of a building.

@Scrofar 23 күн бұрын

his Ghiblification is peaking

@k____90 21 күн бұрын

Should have finished his anime arc with attack on titans, it was amazing

@AynVera 17 күн бұрын

I just found this reaction video and my heart aches again. "Mahito does not want another mother, he does not want to move, he dont want to move on." Grief is something we dint want to easily give up and let go. That the grief is something that makes us remember that we loved, that we still loves.

@nathangrande3881 23 күн бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1101">18:21</a> Animation Director and Comicsmith Kelly Turnbull on Twitter did a thread in response to someone’s post about how they didn’t get Boy and The Heron, because the magic was not explained, and too vague, and not following an implied set of rules. Tunrbull found the post hilarious as Boy and the Heron is, partially, about blunt and uncreative consumers with agonizing demands for rules destroying magical worlds of whimsy. This is, at least partially, the inspiration for the Parakeets and the latter half of the film with Granduncle.

@Vespuchian 22 күн бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="140">2:20</a> Alan picks up on one of the key strengths of Ghibli: that they exemplify, even revel in the mundane, so that when the fantastical happens it's even more incredible because the established base of 'normal/mundane' has been so well established.

@lily6897 23 күн бұрын

There’s a video that I’ve seen online that the magician is actually symbolism for a late Studio Ghibli director, Takahata, who died a few years into the making of this movie. It affected Miyazaki deeply, seeing that “Paku-San” was seemingly his creative pillar. (Video by Any-nation I think) To me, the whole film is encapsulated in the Japanese title of the movie “How do you Live” which is much more fitting given the themes it conveys. Dealing with life means dealing with loss, love, greed, hatred, regrets…these are things that humanity has seen since the dawn of time. How do you go forward after dealing with loss? Will you stick to your principles and morals throughout your life? What kind of regrets does life have in store? It’s all in this movie. This has definitely become my favourite film to date, beating Spirited Away by a long shot. I do recommend checking out Any-mation’s video on this and his other works (for those interested) on his analysis of the Boy and the Heron.

@haddiegrubbs3602 23 күн бұрын

Oh my goodness! I love that you guys are talking about this movie! I saw it in theaters with my best friend and it was one of the most beautiful (and strange) films I have ever seen ❤

@CinemaTherapyShow 23 күн бұрын

Beautiful and strange indeed!

@audreyglass3125 23 күн бұрын

So what I've heard about the stones is that they represent the 13 films that Miyazaki directed at Studio Ghibli, and that Mahito is representative of a potential successor as a lead director at the studio, possibly Miyazki's son Goro or maybe nobody specific (though he has said in interviews that the film is meant as a gift/letter to his grandson). If that is true and we continue with the metaphor, then the parakeet king would probably represent the "otaku" anime producers that Miyazaki despises. Showing that they don't understand the true art of animation (in his opinion) and could never be the ones to succeed him at Studio Ghibli; if they were to try to take power there they would end up destroying it and what it stands for. Also, if we accept this metaphor, then it also shows that he acknowledges his own imperfections in his creations, saying that the magical world has malice in it. And also by Mahito choosing to leave and the magical world being destroyed that perhaps that is what Miyazaki expects will happen to the studio when he is gone, or maybe even thinks should happen.

@pbg624 19 күн бұрын

As someone who was very close to my grandmother and watched her die in front of me I remember every detail of that day. Because there was a lot of chaos and drama happening with my family I didn’t get to properly grieve for two weeks because I had to be stable minded for my mother. When I finally got home I finally got to start the grieving process. I learned during that grieving process who actually cared about me and who didn’t. There was this guy I was interested in and I remember I was just sitting there crying because I missed her. He texted me telling to basically get over and move on already. Whereas my friend when he picked me up that same day, didn’t say a word but just held my hand, because deep down he knew there wasn’t anything he could say that would make this better or make me feel better but just holding my hand was enough to tell me “you are allowed to grieve and I am here for you.”

@Dairunt1 23 күн бұрын

I still can't believe Miyazaki made a self-insert.

@protastudios 23 күн бұрын

He's been talking about his life since the very beginning, it's just now that he decided to fully commit to it.

@drackyslime 23 күн бұрын

I’m more surprised it took so long

@osmanyousif7849 23 күн бұрын

A pretty good one, to be honest. Never came off as pandering, but like an actual story. And for a year that gave us Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, Mann's Ferrari, Fincher's The Killer, and Nolan's Oppenheimer, it ranks pretty high.

@Scrofar 23 күн бұрын

finally joining the ranks of Walt Disney's fursona Mickey Mouse

@wigglyfruit4708 20 күн бұрын

Best self insert

@Batkoku 23 күн бұрын

Miyazaki will float away on peach blossoms like Master Oogway. ( I'm sure I spelt that wrong ) I'd like to see you guys go over "The Last Unicorn." It's really deep.

@scarlettcurieldancer5195 23 күн бұрын

Yes... Please do arrival

@DaddyDaughterMovieNight 23 күн бұрын

So interesting to finally get a your take on this wonderful film. I posted on it from memory only, while it was still in theaters, and wish I could have rewatched and reflected on it more deeply with the help of streaming. Your channel, as always, brings a richness and appreciation to a film that I always value and cherish!

@CinemaTherapyShow 23 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching! :)

@BionicDirector117 23 күн бұрын

To help clarify the situation with the mother and her memory as the timeline is concerned: Yes, she did wander into the tower, but it was said that she had no memory of what happened when she re-appeared.

@rayjoe5 23 күн бұрын

On the timeline question, I'm pretty sure the heron tells Mahito that he'll forget what happened in the tower over time, so it's likely that by the time his mom gets married, she's forgotten the events of the movie.

@dreamancyfilms 14 күн бұрын

Sure, there's another theory. That little girl doesn't behave like a little girl at all, it's said that when you die your soul is like a drop of water that returns to the ocean. So, it was a more conscious and aware form of her mother. In the beginning she seems to not recognize him and even when she realizes Mahito is her son, she doesn't seem to care much, she behaves like someone who's beyond life and death.

@Miistli 23 күн бұрын

I haven't watched the film, so I can't watch this, but I CAN leave a thumbs up ♥

@CinemaTherapyShow 23 күн бұрын

Thanks!!

@misterbennnn 23 күн бұрын

"How to let go" is a lesson Hayao Miyazaki has never learned Edit: this is a joke about him coming out of retirement twice

@voightkampffchamp 23 күн бұрын

Awfully presumptuous

@protastudios 23 күн бұрын

@@voightkampffchamp I second that

@soraia_4383 23 күн бұрын

Talking about this through art means that he had to work on it for a long time. You have some kind of emotional stability in order to work and rework scenes, discuss it with the rest of the team, accept input from others, etc. Making a movie about it is of course still therapeutic for him, but that doesn't mean he hasn't already worked through it.

@Giosuke_Giogashikata 23 күн бұрын

Correction: How to say “I’m done”

@IceQueen975 23 күн бұрын

And? It's not as easy as you think it is, especially for things that are traumatic or deeply personal.

@KitCat898 23 күн бұрын

To me the parakeet man represents the chaos of life. It works behind the scenes when you’re busy with life. It’s something you cannot control. The stones were “undefiled” because they represented the very building blocks of his life up until this point. (A young/13ish year old boy). The grand uncle built his life and his life force was running out. He is the only reason the magic world could be sustained. That’s just my interpretation 😂

@caitlinfoster9508 23 күн бұрын

I LOVE your take on this. I am a long time Ghibli fan but I was also confused after leaving the theater and had this vague feeling I'd missed the metaphor somehow. I love how his mother essentially gave him permission to really live life. EDIT: I thought the moment that Natsuko told him she hated him was the truth coming out. She was always so sweet to him in the real world, but her sister died too and he would have reminded her of that. He was angry for good reason but i thought she hated him for that and also him not being able to accept her. So when all the truth came out and he saw the darkness he was able to start from scratch (symbolism of the fantasy world crashing down?)

@sunnyshine715 23 күн бұрын

i watched this movie with my crush when it came out in theaters. it was such a beautiful movie, with an abstract but tangible message. i'd definitely love to rewatch it again, all studio ghibli films are such a delight. the boy and the heron was such a fever dream, but after looking into the story and message more, it really hit a spot in my heart.

@turtlebirdrox 23 күн бұрын

I'm soooooo glad you did this film! I just watched it like 2 weeks ago and I wanted yo suggest it, but there wasn't a comment section that worked! Thank you for keeping up with Studio Ghibli films! I love them so much

@SophiaTellman 23 күн бұрын

ARRIVAL! My favorite movie of all time.

@Ocelot56 23 күн бұрын

Arrival is so great! Would love to see you guys cover that!

@alisonbarlow7836 9 күн бұрын

Last year, in August, I lost my dad to cancer, and, because it is July, and July is his birthday month, and so my grief hit me harder. I was 20 when he wad diagnosed with cancer, 21 when he died. I grieve the milestones he missed, me graduating from community college, me getting accepted into UW tacoma, me eventually getting a bachelor's degree, me getting married, me possibly having children. I still grieve that, and this helps me to remember that I need to live, that I can remember him, and the best way to honor that is to live. Because, I did worry if i was happy, it meant i forgot him.

@abikalin 23 күн бұрын

Thank you guys so much for all that you do. It was partially because of your honest, emotional vulnerability and deeply impactful conversations here that I’ve taken my own steps to confronting my own trauma. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. ♥️

@Innamoramento9 22 күн бұрын

Very interesting analysis! In the original Japanese, when he warns her about her fate, she reassures him, "I'm not afraid of any fire," and even though this might be his dreams at work, his subconscious is reconfiguring things into a peaceful and comforting alternate reality where his mom is a master of fire magic and has no fear of flames. The horror of her dying in a hospital fire is diminished by this idea that she is one with fire and doesn't fear it. Intriguing that Mahito, deep down, was rejecting Natsuko for fear he might lose her too.

@drackyslime 23 күн бұрын

When I became a Hayao Miyazaki fan, I was watching them with friends and I requested atleast a two week break between each of them to really process and internalize the messages of them. Even then I felt that was quick, but movies like this are exactly why I had that rule in place

@Juuri_ 22 күн бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="715">11:55</a> Arrival is phenomenal and one of my favorite movies, so yes. Yes, pease!

@kassyyar97 22 күн бұрын

That beautifully haunting scene at the very beginning with Mahito running to his mom was animated by Shinya Ohira, he makes extremely unique scenes whenever he’s at a project and deserves so much recognition for his work! He also made the transformation scene over Howl’s moving castle when the little star people circle around Howl!

@Mykasan 23 күн бұрын

"put some cinema in your pants" wait what 😂🎉

@333menmen 22 күн бұрын

"If they were here, would they want you to be miserable?" I was aghast at those words. It brought tears to my eyes.... Thank you for reminding me.

@mysaira10 23 күн бұрын

Early for the first time, so excited to see the takes on this. Loved watching it in cinema and was excited to see something from studio ghibli on a larger scale after a while, All love from London.

@CinemaTherapyShow 23 күн бұрын

Hey, thanks for watching!

@kozmickitsuneame 23 күн бұрын

@@CinemaTherapyShow Thank you for reviewing this movie. 😊 I had to watch it twice to get it's impact but it was a good movie.

@kozmickitsuneame 23 күн бұрын

@@CinemaTherapyShowthank you for reviewing this movie. I had to watch it twice to fully appreciate the impact and it did not disappoint.

@coyotegames8951 22 күн бұрын

ARRIVALISSOGOOD PLEASE DO IT! Also, seeing this movie in theaters was one of the best times I'd had at the movies in a while - it was just so magical! The casting was absolutely amazing and it was just a feast for the eyes and emotions. So glad to see you guys covering it!

@Tolly7249 22 күн бұрын

That dissociation during the fire is just. I haven't experienced THAT but I have memories that FEEL like that. The days my grandparents died, the two times I came off my motorscooter and got seriously injured, some of the worst bullying I experienced in school, they all have that strange combination of dreamlike and incredibly detailed that is displayed there. Miyazaki's movies have never failed to make me feel very real, very *human* feelings, because he takes human feelings and shows them in full unflinching detail.

@Caterfree10 23 күн бұрын

Miyazaki’s last movie is going to be the one he dies in the middle of making, let’s just be honest here. I would be satisfied if this is his actual last movie. But also, the man is a workaholic of an artist so.

@LadyPhoenix222 23 күн бұрын

This was my first Ghibli movie that I watched in theaters, with the english version that came out around my birthday. It was one of the best self given birthday gifts I had.

@420T0wS729 23 күн бұрын

I've been waiting for you to breakdown this move & ponyo since you started the studio ghibli!! I'm so excited

@zeonmoo192 23 күн бұрын

Thank you for covering this movie! It's quickly become one of my favorites, but I've sadly heard a lot of people complain they don't like it because "they didn't get it", but you nailed it - movies like these aren't SUPPOSED to be got, theyre supposed to be *felt*.

@halapyrolock7210 23 күн бұрын

Yess! Finally you’re reacting to the Boy and the Heron 🤩✨ I was waiting for this one for sometime

@CinemaTherapyShow 23 күн бұрын

We wish we could've relased it sooner, but we had to wait for digital release. Thanks for waiting!

@salairia 21 күн бұрын

thank you guys for making so fantastic episodes. it makes my mood better every time i see one. and when i am sad i dont feel so alone, you guys restore mig faith in humanity . sorry my bad english i am from denmark

@EduardoMartinez-fk2pv 23 күн бұрын

I just like the videos before watching them at this point, and you guys never disappoint.

@CinemaTherapyShow 23 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

@raneontemple7342 23 күн бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="765">12:45</a> Really needed this message right now, and gotta' say I really appreciate you guys for what you do. Some of your life lessons hit way too close to home (in a good way of course :)). I really loved this Ghibli movie, I was really stoked to see you guys covering it.

@cantazo9622 21 күн бұрын

Hi, fan of Ghibli here, about the Parakeet man and the tower of stones, there are a few speculations about them: 1) the fact of the great uncle asking Mahito to stay and do his job (building the stone tower every 3 days) it's a representation of Miyazaki himself and his son, as he wants that he could continue his legacy in animation... 2) the parakeet it's the representation of the new owners of studio Ghibli since they had to sell the studio since financial problems...so, he is afraid that in their desire of trying to balance and stock the stones, in the end, it will only destroy it... But like I write before....this is mere speculations and nothing it's confirmed, but the desire of Miyazaki that his son's continue his legacy and the new owners of studio Ghibli are facts, but the interpretations are simply theories by the community.

@juststrings1812 9 күн бұрын

Absolutely would love to see you do Arrival! Thank you for doing this movie. I did take the emotional over the intellectual approach when I watched it in theaters, and there was one scene that sat with me (not included here but maybe on Patreon?): Mahito finds a book his mother left for him. It made me realize how much I want to ensure that I leave something I created behind to help my loved ones grieve, to comfort them in my absence. It was a heavy feeling because I can only imagine how much the people I love would be affected by my death (not expecting that to happen any time soon, but like I said before, I was experiencing this film emotionally.) Wishing everyone on the Cinema Therapy team well!

@evakazoo 21 күн бұрын

Jono is so good at making things that are so complex simple and easy to understand and it’s like this revelation that just makes me burst into tears

@andreamati 21 күн бұрын

Best Episode so far!!!Really appreciated it🎉

@paperboy1116 23 күн бұрын

This movie came out just after my grandmother passed (which was also coincidentally just after I found and subbed to this channel) and it helped me process a lot of the emotions I was feeling at the time. 100% one of my favorite movies due to how many emotional chords it could strike perfectly.

@Chris-H5 23 күн бұрын

Oh guys have you watched «The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse» ? It is gold in animation 😍 Mabe a nice piece for a future episode

@truemansatterwhite3464 15 күн бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1148">19:08</a> I read it as Miyazaki speaking to him leaving studio Ghibli and the parakeet king being regular studio execs being like “it’s just stacking stones? How hard can that be?” Then getting impatient and destroying the whole thing when they fail

@zoemcintyre2971 23 күн бұрын

Such a beautiful film about loss, grief and transition, stunning visuals and so nuanced 🫠

@Tea_and_Arsenic 23 күн бұрын

This movie is such a masterpiece; I’ve been hoping an episode on it was coming!

@jesselash3153 23 күн бұрын

My take is that the parakeet is Disney/capitalism. A focus on craven self interest or profit through, but also at the expense of beauty and expression. A focus on resolving your own anxiety for perpetual comfort, control, or security vs creating shared reality and giving yourself to a method where in others have the potential to contribute more than they could on their own.

@Toketildeath 21 күн бұрын

Just found this channel and I must say, these are amazing. Storytelling is my favorite part of humanity and the lessons they hold have shaped my life. This is a marvelous idea.

@CinemaTherapyShow 20 күн бұрын

Welcome and thanks for watching! 😊

@bobpruss263 13 күн бұрын

So looking forward to this!

@kaylaw.6582 23 күн бұрын

"Remember them, honor their memory, but live, because that's what they want for you". That hit hard. But then the popcorn bit helped a little.. 🥲

@PhoutianPhill 23 күн бұрын

I've lost my Dad a couple years back, and would love to have him back, but through his passing I also reconnected with his side of family and my cousins and their families. I love spending time with them and everything we do. I don't want to give that up. It was a hard loss, but so much too has be gained due do this loss. It's those gains/ new memories and rekindled relationships I choose to cherish and enjoy to honor my father, the life he lived, and the relationship we had.

@EternalShadow 21 күн бұрын

Lost a family member this week , the day before this vid came out actually. Thank you for Reviewing amazing movies and being all around awesome :) Watching this channel has helped quite a bit

@Sonders_spirit 19 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. It really cleared a lot of confusion up for me. I saw this in theaters and was so disappointed. 😅 but now I can watch it again with more understanding.

@SunriseWaterLily 20 күн бұрын

Thank you for finally uploading this episode!! In a japanese documentary they said that the character of the great uncle started to appear when Miyazaki's colleague and "senpai" of decades, Isao Takahata died. This impacted Miyazaki hugely so this character started as a metaphor for Takahata. And I see the world beyond the tower as Studio Ghibli itself or maybe even art or the creative persuit.

@LibraryCake 22 күн бұрын

I put together way more of the movie listening to you guys, thank you!

@shadowguy321 22 күн бұрын

I think this movie is multiple parts of symbolism for Miyazaki. I feel like the world is his art in pure form. Fantasticle, beautiful, a little dark at times, stacking the stones is the need to be making movies forever. He's bidding his worlds goodbye, the Parakeet men are like the producers and general movie companies that want more movies forever. I think you can take personal symbolism from it as anyone who has an artistic side, especially if you're one that does movies for a living.

@birdiebubbles6927 17 күн бұрын

I remember the day my mom passed away with such clarity, but it feels like I was watching it through a window at the same time. I remember waking up to my grandparents that morning and opening my computer to all of the emails from my classmates, giving me their condolences. Sometimes I wake up and think it’s the day after because of how clearly I remember it. This happened 10 years ago.

@adhistylarasati1016 23 күн бұрын

Watching this movie, definitely made me reflect on the life I’ve lived and the one I will, it was a weirdly magical experience, because even though that I didn’t fully understand the symbolisms in the movie, walking out the cinema, put me in a reflective and thoughtful process. It’s like the movie gave my heart a gift.