Alex Dudok de Wit, Author of BFI Classics: Grave of the Fireflies
BFI Film Classics range, and offers a fresh appraisal of one of the most acclaimed anime films. The book emphasizes that Takahata did not make the film to reduce viewers to tears. Instead the director hoped that younger generations would think critically about their modern lives. Dudok de Wit delves into Grave's production and analyzes how Takahata modified the original prose story by Grave reflects a mentality that Japan was the "victim" in World War II. It was great to read about the original Nosaka story, and about how it differed from the film - for example, in its more nuanced treatme...
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