In the same way people in Japan have a different perception of natural disasters." (Sotinel) I am always moved when I visit Venice to see that in this city, which is sinking into the sea, people carry on living regardless. They are one of the givens in the world in which we live. Although the flood has not yet abated by the end of the film, it is strongly implied that it will recede into the ocean shortly, leaving no lasting damage.Īt the Venice International Film Festival in 2008, Miyazaki addressed the tsunami in Ponyo, saying, "There are many typhoons and earthquakes in Japan, and there is no point in portraying these natural disasters as evil events. Meanwhile, the flood has transformed the landscape into something magical, a world flourishing with life, including fish from the Devonian era. This is, it seems, a tsunami without disaster. No sense of danger is acknowledged, nor is the possibility that the seniors were wiped out in the tsunami. The leaders of the evacuation allow the children to go on to the senior home unsupervised, saying that they will pick up the seniors next. Sōsuke remarks that "It's just like a parade!" and the festive atmosphere is, indeed, unmistakable. Soon afterwards (1:17:28), a train of colourful flag-decked boats pass with rowers' cries of "Yoi-sa!" while en route to the Mountain Peak Hotel. At 1:14:40, they encounter a mother, father, and baby casually out for a gondola ride with sunhats and parasols. The tsunami that wipes out the town may evoke initial terror, but its wake leaves a sense of wonder rather than one of loss, a revival rather than a disaster.Īfter the tsunami, Sōsuke and Ponyo go on an adventurous boat trip from Sōsuke's house to the senior home Himawari no Ie (Sunflower House). Sōsuke even remarks that the refugees' boats look like a parade. While the community has to pull together in the wake of the disaster, this only serves to strengthen it as the locals help each other in a festive atmosphere. Although lives are threatened, nobody dies and there is no real destruction: rather than shots of devastation, the viewer is treated to beautiful underwater scenery. The moon is drawn closer, and satellites fall from the sky like shooting stars. The land is flooded, creating a wondrous new underwater environment flourishing with life. The film focuses on the love between a young boy named Sōsuke and Ponyo, a goldfish who becomes a girl, against the backdrop of a magical tsunami caused by Ponyo herself that strikes Sōsuke's idyllic coastal hometown. "Ponyo" (崖の上のポニョ Gake no Ue no Ponyo) is a 2008 animated film by the well known Studio Ghibli, directed by Hayao Miyazaki. оригинальный звук - Alena art.Andrew Kandel, Swarthmore College, Class of 2015
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