For my money, one of the most visually impressive Ghibli movies. Just stunning composition throughout.

lubujackson a day ago | parent | next [-]

I had the pleasure to visit Croatia and the sky seemed familiar to me somehow... and I realized I was on the opposite coast of the Adriatic Sea. What I remembered was how it was rendered in Porco Rosso, which I had seen years before visiting IRL.

Watching the movie again, I am amazed at how precisely Miyazaki captures the exact feeling of the sky and sea of the Adriatic in summer.

	▲	m4rtink 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		IIRC Porco Rosso is supposed to take place at least partially in the Free State of Fiume (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_of_Fiume) that while eventually annexed by Italy in 1924, after WW2 it became Rijeka, now the third largest city in Croatia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijeka).

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unrented7977 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There's something about the way Ghibli does aircraft (and clouds!) that is simply magical. One can almost taste the freedom of flight every time a ship or craft is on screen.

I'm very rarely moved by art and movie magic, but whatever Ghibli does with flight just really gets me every time.

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justsomehnguy 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

https://archive.org/details/the-art-of-porco-rosso/page/n1/m...