Friday, April 19, 2013

Up on the Hill


Hey everyone! How was your week so far? I'm so glad it's Friday. It's been a wild week for me. The little painting above was finished a while ago and inspired by Alexander McQueen's Fall 2009 collection.

My hubby took me to see the Studio Ghibli movie "From Up On Poppy Hill" today. I really enjoyed it!  It was a very tender and heart wrenching film. If you live in Houston it is only playing at the Sundance Cinema downtown. You should definitely go see it before it goes away! I love Japanese animation so much. Studio Ghibli movies are some of my main inspirations for my art work.




From the legendary and highly celebrated Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Ponyo, and The Secret World of Arrietty) comes From Up on Poppy Hill, the uniquely inspired and highly anticipated coming-of-age story from Goro Miyazaki and Hayao Miyazaki.

Set in Yokohama in 1963, this lovingly hand-drawn film centers on Umi (voiced by Sarah Bolger) and Shun (voiced by Anton Yelchin) and the budding romance that develops as they join forces to save their high school’s ramshackle clubhouse from demolition. The top-grossing Japanese film of 2011 and winner of the Japan Academy Prize for Animation, From Up on Poppy Hill captures the innocence of new love as well as the beauty of Yokohama’s harbor and lush surroundings. With its rich color palette, stunning exteriors, sun-drenched gardens, bustling cityscapes and painterly detail, From Up on Poppy Hill provides a pure, sincere, and nuanced evocation of the past, and marks yet another creative triumph for Studio Ghibli.


There is a list of the showtimes in theaters across the US on their Facebook. Don't miss out on a great film!

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