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The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV
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Tetsuya Ishida | Gagosian
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A little after two, we made it back to Minowa, the closest station to my place. Stopping along the way for a 210-yen bowl of noodles, we braved the heat and walked the ten minutes home, while the cries of cicadas smeared the atmosphere.
Mieko Kawakami, Sam Bett, • Breasts and Eggs
After Life film, ワンダフルライフ, 1998, Japan.
After souls leave their bodies on Earth, they go through a process before entering their personal heaven, a single special memory they want to live for eternity.
MIYAZAKI: A friend of mine from Nagoya says, “Nagoya got rid of alleyways with its city planning. The result is that young people don’t stay there. I was surprised when I came to Tokyo to discover so many narrow alleys that are fun to stroll along.” As I’m used to them, I don’t notice them as much, but alleys seem to provide a psychological retreat
... See moreHayao Miyazaki • Turning Point: 1997-2008
