Plot? What plot? (just kidding...)
Oct. 15th, 2002 05:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blodeueddMulling over what Bashy-O-Sama wrote today, I have to say that one of the things that I liked about the endings of Evangelion and Utena was that it's left up to the viewers to interpret what they see, to draw their own conclusions. It's like modern art (1850s onward) in that sense: yes, the creator had a purpose, but that's only part of the point. Without an audience, even if the creator himself comprises the whole of his audience, creation serves no purpose. If a story is good, no matter what it is, different people will interpret it differently, and the stories that only have one interpretation usually aren't that good, and won't hold anyone's attention for very long.
Speaking of "Spirited Away" in particular, I found it more challenging to watch than the other Miyazaki films I'd seen, and perhaps a little more delightful for that very reason. Sort of like Alice learning to just go with the flow and accept the ridiculous, even though she might like to know why. That's the reason I watched the endings of Evangelion and Utena several times each, and want to see both "Mullholland Drive" and "Spirited Away" again.
Speaking of "Spirited Away" in particular, I found it more challenging to watch than the other Miyazaki films I'd seen, and perhaps a little more delightful for that very reason. Sort of like Alice learning to just go with the flow and accept the ridiculous, even though she might like to know why. That's the reason I watched the endings of Evangelion and Utena several times each, and want to see both "Mullholland Drive" and "Spirited Away" again.
