Castle in the Sky: Pazu’s Quest & The Mystery of the Island

Mar 5, 2021 · 46m 44s
Castle in the Sky: Pazu’s Quest & The Mystery of the Island
Chapters

01 · Introduction

1s

02 · Pazu's mythology

2m 11s

03 · Pazu's father quest

10m 20s

04 · Pazu's birth & rebirth mythology

16m 8s

05 · Pazu's goggles as initiation

20m 5s

06 · Uncle Pom

22m 49s

07 · What is Laputa: motivations

24m 51s

08 · What is Laputa: the robots

28m 52s

09 · Laputa and the mystical experience

33m 3s

10 · The meaning of the final sequence

37m 43s

Description

The boy hero Pazu has his origins in ancient mythology, and in true Miyazaki fashion, it has to do with the wind. In the last of our 3-part mini-series on...

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The boy hero Pazu has his origins in ancient mythology, and in true Miyazaki fashion, it has to do with the wind. In the last of our 3-part mini-series on Castle in the Sky, we explore how the film connects the mythologies of wind, earth and sky, and then look at how Pazu’s story is the classic Father Quest that Hollywood has horribly overdone but it’s so fresh and interesting when Miyazaki does it.
And finally, we’ll go into the big questions: What is Laputa? Why is it important that all of these people end up there? And what are the Buddhist spiritual teachings hiding in plain sight as Miyazaki wraps up his story?
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Author Livia Farkas & Adam Dobay
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