An exhibition of the most rapturous watercolors is currently on display at U.S. movie theaters. Ponyo , the latest film from anime master Hayao Miyazaki Academy Award winner for his 2001 film, Spirited Away begins deep in the sea near a Japanese coastal village, and the underwater vision is both subtle and spectacular. Instead of relying on the usual cartoon bubbles and wisecracking fish, Miyazaki waves a wand and establishes his location with a pastel palette, the gentle undulating of flora and anemones, and Joe Hisaishi's haunting score. You're treated, aurally and visually, to a subterranean...
Ponyo : A Hit from the Creator of Spirited Away ?
Does Japan's movie master have his first U.S. hit?
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