The loudest applause on opening night at the Toronto International Film Festival was for Totoro.
A decade ago, Miyazaki, the anime master of “Spirited Away,” “Howl's Moving Castle," “Kiki’s Delivery Service” and “Ponyo,” said he was retiring from film and that 2013's “The Wind That Rises” would be his last film. But Miyazaki, now 82, soon after began slowly toiling away on one more. For Miyazaki, who painstakingly crafts thousands of hand drawings for a film, it's a long and laborious process.
Miyazaki, who didn't travel to Toronto, has himself lampooned his inability to fully step away. In journal excerpts shared in the film's press notes, Miyazaki writes: “There’s nothing more pathetic than telling the world you’ll retire because of your age, then making another comeback.” What may surprise some is that while there's much wisdom and reflection in “The Boy and Heron," it's just as infinitely imaginative as Miyazaki's earlier films — a dazzling odyssey in the vivid mold “Spirited Away." It's both the wistful swan song of a great filmmaker and the boundless work of an ever-young creative mind.
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