![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In one dark room, glowing kodama, or tree spirits, from Princess Mononoke (1997) disappear and reappear around a life-sized sparkling tree. Other rooms feature similarly engaging immersive experiences. Hayao Miyazaki, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (photo by Joshua White, JWPictures/ © Academy Museum Foundation) The exhibition’s opening room features angled walls filled with clips from different Miyazaki films, and the sound from each of the films bathes over one another, creating a remarkable effect. It’s clear the Academy Museum put great care into showcasing Miyazaki’s lifetime of work - a daunting task for any curator. It’s the absence of these kinds of critical details that left me feeling vacant and craving more as I walked through the crowded exhibit. This forgotten act of defiance is an incredible detail that reveals insight into the complex man that is Miyazaki - but it isn’t one you’ll find at the Academy Museum’s Miyazaki exhibition. Instead, the museum simply features replicas of the filmmaker’s two Oscars statues for the 2003 Best Picture award and the honorary award Miyazaki received in 2014. The director’s film, Spirited Away - a smash hit both in Japan and abroad - had been nominated for an Academy Award, but Miyazaki refused to attend the Oscars ceremony in a quiet protest of the Iraq War. LOS ANGELES - In 2003, the world-renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki made headlines, but not for the reason you might think. ![]()
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