Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

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In the store as #411, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984).

Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

The Castle of Cagliostro: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. career (career sequence): The Castle of Cagliostro ⇒ Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (the host's read). Cagliostro was poorly received by fans of the series, then Miyazaki struggled to get another film made, which led to the manga and then this film.
    “which is not well received, despite being a fucking awesome movie, because the fans thought it was too much of a departure from the series.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:34:54 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Warriors of the Wind: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. craft (mutilated edit): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ⇒ Warriors of the Wind (the host's read). The 95 minute American cut dropped the environmental themes, renamed Nausicaä as Princess Zandra and turned the Ohmu into plain enemies.
    “the film basically turns into an action adventure movie where like the environmentalist themes are kind of gone.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:24:25 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Connected to

The Farewell: 3 lines unmapped ×2 theme ×1

  1. theme (creative parallel): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → The Farewell. Lulu Wang felt the same make-it-now pressure on her second film as Miyazaki did on his second film.
    “I felt that way about the farewell, which is my 2nd film as well.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:40:20 · Lulu Wang (0.85 sure it was them)

Dune: 2 lines theme ×2

  1. theme (thematic): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Dune. Blasted world with creatures the people cannot understand, and Nausicaä as a feminine Fremen-like figure who learns to coexist with the land, versus industrial nations running roughshod.
    “Nausicaa is sort of like the feminine, you know, like the feminine Dunehurst sort of like they can work the land.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:28:42 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Starship Troopers: 2 lines theme ×1 contrast ×1

  1. contrast (inversion): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Starship Troopers. Starship Troopers ends with bug-hatred propaganda, whereas Nausicaä realizes the bugs are just trying to survive and approaches them with empathy.
    “reading the mind of the bug and cheering the fact that they're afraid because it's all about propaganda.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:43:58 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Britney Spears: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (real-world analog): Britney Spears → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Britney, AOC, Rihanna and Natalie Portman are offered as modern Nausicaä figures, saviors onto whom culture projects hopes.
    “I mean, in many ways, she is like our heroine, Nausicaa.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:11:41 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Castle in the Sky: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (score): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Castle in the Sky. Joe Hisashi's first Miyazaki score is described as like his Castle in the Sky score: electronic and pulsating.
    “That's sort of, and it's much like his castle in the Sky Score.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:10:59 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Hideaki Anno: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (career origin): Hideaki Anno → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. The Neon Genesis Evangelion creator started on this film, animating the God Warrior waking.
    “one of the big guys from Neon Jellous, Neon Genesis Evangelian. Right, starts on this, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:11:15 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Isao Takahata: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (collaboration): Isao Takahata → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. This is the film that unites Miyazaki with Takahata, who is brought on as executive producer.
    “this is the movie that unites him with this Hautakajata, who's the other great Chibile director.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:10:28 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Lulu Wang: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (real-world analog): Lulu Wang → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Griffin says Wang's press moment resembles Nausicaä's role as the one everyone looks to.
    “She is she is handling it, though, with the grace and valiant heroism of Nausaka.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:53:36 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Mad Max: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (tone): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Mad Max. The apocalypse-world energy of the film is likened to Mad Max and to Mortal Engines.
    “Let's get some energy vibes.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:28:54 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Mortal Engines: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (tone): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Mortal Engines. Mortal Engines is offered as a recent film with a similar blasted world.
    “Mortal Engine.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:28:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Natalie Portman: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (casting): Natalie Portman → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Portman was announced by Disney to voice Nausicaä and is cited as a woman culture has dumped its expectations on.
    “Natalie Portman, who almost played Nausicaa, was announced by Disney to play Nausicaa”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:47:31 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Princess Mononoke: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (dub/recut contrast): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Princess Mononoke. Unlike Nausicaä, Mononoke has no real villain, so it is hard to strip the Miyazaki out; Nausicaä can be recut into heroes versus villains.
    “his other films, it's harder to strip the Miyazaki out of it.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:26:40 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

The Castle of Cagliostro: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career sequence): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → The Castle of Cagliostro. Cagliostro was poorly received by fans of the series, then Miyazaki struggled to get another film made, which led to the manga and then this film.
    “which is not well received, despite being a fucking awesome movie, because the fans thought it was too much of a departure from the series.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:34:54 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

The Lion King: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (ethical contrast): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → The Lion King. Nausicaä values insects as alive, whereas the photoreal Lion King has Timon and Pumbaa eating bugs that visibly flee in fear.
    “Whereas Nausaka is like the one person who's like, no, they're like alive.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:37:17 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)

WALL-E: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (image echo): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → WALL-E. Both end on the image of a single green sprout as proof that things can grow again.
    “This ends with the very Wally image, which is like the last frame in the end credits is the one... little sprout, the one little leak.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:33:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Warriors of the Wind: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (mutilated edit): Warriors of the Wind → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. The 95 minute American cut dropped the environmental themes, renamed Nausicaä as Princess Zandra and turned the Ohmu into plain enemies.
    “the film basically turns into an action adventure movie where like the environmentalist themes are kind of gone.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:24:25 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career sequence): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → The Castle of Cagliostro. Cagliostro was poorly received by fans of the series, then Miyazaki struggled to get another film made, which led to the manga and then this film.
    “which is not well received, despite being a fucking awesome movie, because the fans thought it was too much of a departure from the series.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:34:54 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (inversion): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Starship Troopers. Starship Troopers ends with bug-hatred propaganda, whereas Nausicaä realizes the bugs are just trying to survive and approaches them with empathy.
    “reading the mind of the bug and cheering the fact that they're afraid because it's all about propaganda.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:43:58 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (ethical contrast): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → The Lion King. Nausicaä values insects as alive, whereas the photoreal Lion King has Timon and Pumbaa eating bugs that visibly flee in fear.
    “Whereas Nausaka is like the one person who's like, no, they're like alive.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:37:17 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)

craft (4)

  1. craft (score): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Castle in the Sky. Joe Hisashi's first Miyazaki score is described as like his Castle in the Sky score: electronic and pulsating.
    “That's sort of, and it's much like his castle in the Sky Score.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:10:59 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (mutilated edit): Warriors of the Wind → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. The 95 minute American cut dropped the environmental themes, renamed Nausicaä as Princess Zandra and turned the Ohmu into plain enemies.
    “the film basically turns into an action adventure movie where like the environmentalist themes are kind of gone.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:24:25 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (tone): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Mad Max. The apocalypse-world energy of the film is likened to Mad Max and to Mortal Engines.
    “Let's get some energy vibes.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:28:54 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. craft (tone): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Mortal Engines. Mortal Engines is offered as a recent film with a similar blasted world.
    “Mortal Engine.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:28:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (career origin): Hideaki Anno → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. The Neon Genesis Evangelion creator started on this film, animating the God Warrior waking.
    “one of the big guys from Neon Jellous, Neon Genesis Evangelian. Right, starts on this, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:11:15 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (casting): Natalie Portman → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Portman was announced by Disney to voice Nausicaä and is cited as a woman culture has dumped its expectations on.
    “Natalie Portman, who almost played Nausicaa, was announced by Disney to play Nausicaa”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:47:31 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (collaboration): Isao Takahata → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. This is the film that unites Miyazaki with Takahata, who is brought on as executive producer.
    “this is the movie that unites him with this Hautakajata, who's the other great Chibile director.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:10:28 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (5)

  1. theme (premise comparison): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Starship Troopers. Early in the film it reads as Miyazaki's people-versus-bugs movie, but its ending flips the Starship Troopers propaganda by having the heroine empathize with the bugs.
    “Like this is his people versus Bugs movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:38:03 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (creative parallel): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → The Farewell. Lulu Wang felt the same make-it-now pressure on her second film as Miyazaki did on his second film.
    “I felt that way about the farewell, which is my 2nd film as well.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:40:20 · Lulu Wang (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. theme (thematic): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Dune. Blasted world with creatures the people cannot understand, and Nausicaä as a feminine Fremen-like figure who learns to coexist with the land, versus industrial nations running roughshod.
    “Nausicaa is sort of like the feminine, you know, like the feminine Dunehurst sort of like they can work the land.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:28:42 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. theme (plot motif): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Dune. The promise that you can grow plants in a place everyone says you cannot is central to Dune and to Nausicaä's ending.
    “And everyone's like, you can't grow anything on Dune.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:33:15 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. theme (image echo): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → WALL-E. Both end on the image of a single green sprout as proof that things can grow again.
    “This ends with the very Wally image, which is like the last frame in the end credits is the one... little sprout, the one little leak.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:33:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (4)

  1. unmapped (real-world analog): Britney Spears → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Britney, AOC, Rihanna and Natalie Portman are offered as modern Nausicaä figures, saviors onto whom culture projects hopes.
    “I mean, in many ways, she is like our heroine, Nausicaa.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:11:41 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (restraint): The Farewell → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Both are praised for simplicity and for trusting a gesture over verbalized emotion.
    “that beautiful simplicity and that like confidence in the restraint”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:42:59 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (ending): The Farewell → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Both reject Western catharsis; the hero is someone who comes to accept and understand a situation rather than fix it.
    “stories of people learning to accept what has been the case.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:45:35 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (real-world analog): Lulu Wang → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Griffin says Wang's press moment resembles Nausicaä's role as the one everyone looks to.
    “She is she is handling it, though, with the grace and valiant heroism of Nausaka.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:53:36 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (dub/recut contrast): Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → Princess Mononoke. Unlike Nausicaä, Mononoke has no real villain, so it is hard to strip the Miyazaki out; Nausicaä can be recut into heroes versus villains.
    “his other films, it's harder to strip the Miyazaki out of it.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:26:40 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

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