What A Mess

Even though you’re not a whale, you keep popping into my head like whales do. This is the first time I’ve thought of someone constantly like this, so it’s quite strange.

I wanted to thank you for hugging me when we witnessed Mr. Shin’s death. Oh, that? It’s fine. For people with autism— Anxiety can be relieved if pressure is put on the body during sensory overload, right? Yes… Yes, that’s right.

“Did you have a relationship before you met Dad?”

“I did.”

“Oh, really? What kind of person? Come on. Answer me.”

“It always smelt good when I was around.”

“That’s it? Tell me more.”

Flying in Ghibli Films

“[Hayao Miyazaki] is a connoisseur of the sensory thrill of flight. His characters swoop over mountainous landscapes and arc through cerulean skies full of billowing white cumulus, leaving vapour trails twisting like ribbons in the air. When they dive into the clouds for cover, they make a splash as though sinking into clots of heavy cream…

Miyazaki whiled away boyhood hours inventing his own aircraft; at night he dreamed of gliding above the city. In these animations, flying is about more than ingenious designs and sumptuous images. It also provides Mr. Miyazaki’s deepest metaphors, standing for confidence, independence, the horror of war, and the power of the imagination itself.”

NATASHA ROMANOFF.

To properly tell the story of the March sisters, Gerwig felt it was crucial to immerse herself in Alcott’s world by filming in Massachusetts.

“To shoot in Concord, in Massachusetts, in this area, in this environment, was really essential in how I wanted to build this movie,” Gerwig told the Boston Globe during a press day at Orchard House. “It’s significant. The place matters as much as anything. The same way it was meaningful to shoot ‘Dunkirk’ at Dunkirk, it was meaningful to shoot this movie here.”