The Wind Rises: An Animation Master’s Last Flight?

Isn’t 70 the new 50 — the age of both vigor and wisdom? Plenty of movie directors think so. At last year’s Venice Film Festival, three 72-year-olds competed for the Golden Lion: Stephen Frears with Philomena (now a nominee for the Best Picture Academy Award), Terry Gilliam with The Zero Theorem and Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki with The Wind Rises, his 11th feature in a career that has earned him world renown. His 11th and, he says, last. On September 1st, at a Venice Film Fes...

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