The adventure continues as Double Feature pairs up another Studio Ghibli film with a stop motion film. The importance of finding and following one’s passions. Two films that discuss the transformative power of human connection. Digging deep to find the best and worst in yourself. Whisper of the Heart is a Studio Ghibli film like few others. Waiting for a floating what-not. Self discover and ambition. Anomalisa might be stop motion, but that’s only the beginning. Anomalisa’s many devices. The desperate search for something unique and special in a sea of sameness.
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Whisper of the Heart
Released: December 13, 1996
Runtime: 111 min | IMDB | Wikipedia
Director: Yoshifumi Kondô
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Yoko Honna, Issey Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana
A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.
Anomalisa
Released: December 30, 2015
Runtime: 90 min | IMDB | Wikipedia
Director: Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson
Writer: Charlie Kaufman
Starring: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.
