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Animated Discussions
By Rudy Panucci and Melanie Larch
This Saturday at 3:00 PM, the West Virginia International Film Festival brings us the only Charleston showing of Hayao Mayazaki’s latest masterpiece, Howl’s Moving Castle. This PG-rated anime feature celebrates the power of love to transform and the resiliency of the human spirit in the face of adversity. When Sophie, a young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent, mysterious young wizard named Howl. Embarking on an incredible odyssey to lift the curse, Sophie finds refuge in Howl’s magical moving castle. Her love and support has a major impact on the wizard.
Catching Howl at the Film Festival this Saturday will be a great prelude to the Mayazaki film festival which will air on Turner Classic Movies in January. You can read more about it here.
Unfortunately, family commitments are going to prevent us from attending this Saturday’s showing. It’s a shame that a film of this stature gets relegated to a Saturday matinee during the Festival. It would be nice if more people would come out and support the Film Festival so that they could schedule more showings of some of the films.
For more information on the Film Festival and directions to the WVSU Capitol Center Theatre, check out their website here.