Hayao Miyazaki Films at the Uptown
posted by The Joe
How Landmark pried the prints away from Disney is beyond me, but Twin Cities anime fans rejoice - two early Hayao Miyazaki classics will play at the Uptown Theatre as midnight movies in the coming months.
First off is My Neighbor Totoro, which is pretty much the greatest children’s film ever made.
Two young girls, Satsuke and her younger sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuke and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros. They soon befriend these Totoros, and have several magical adventures.
My Neighbor Totoro
Saturday, December 6
Uptown Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
11:55 PM l $9
My Neighbor Totoro - Clip
This will be followed a month later by Miyazaki’s first epic, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
In the far future, man has destroyed the Earth in the “Seven Days of Fire”. Now, there are small pockets of humanity that survive. One pocket is the Valley of Wind where a princess named Nausicaa tries to understand, rather than destroy the Toxic Jungle.
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Saturday, January 3
Uptown Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
11:55 PM l $9
Nausicaa - Korean Trailer