Miyazaki article, and New America Foundation
I found a fine article about Miyazaki by Margaret Talbot, one of the few people to manage to interview him. Along the way, I discovered the New America Foundation, which looks like a place where I could seriously spend a lot of time reading; check out the list of the best articles of 2005. Its Board of Directors is chaired by James Fallows. And from its mission:
Now, more than ever, our nation needs a robust public debate, one that does justice to the complex challenges and opportunities of this unfolding era. […] The purpose of the New America Foundation is to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nation’s public discourse. Relying on a venture capital approach, the Foundation invests in outstanding individuals and policy ideas that transcend the conventional political spectrum.
The Talbot article was originally published in the New Yorker, but they seem to have very perishable links.
July 26th, 2005 at 01:13
Excellent article. It’s mindboggling that his films are hand-made — I had assumed that he was using some elaborate modeling s/w to build up a library of old Europe artifacts. I’m curious how many man-hours go into one of those movies?