Auteur Theory Model – by Andrew Sarris: Interior Meaning > Personal Style > Technical Competence
Hayao Miyazaki:
- Style: He has an absolutely distinctive style, as always hand-draw magical 2D animation with many details and fluency movement.
- Aesthetics: Mono no Aware – a uniquely Japanese aesthetic concept that refers to an awareness of the transient nature of life and the beauty found in its impermanence. It was originally from the Edo period of Japan
- Ideology: Humanism, sometimes from the perspective of children as innocent and pure
- Personally: sensitive to small details in life, full of emotion
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)