Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, or maybe yes?? Either way, in this episode we’re talking about the 1984 film Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, and the movie that led to the creation of Studio Ghibli.*
Join us as we explore how Nausicaa subverts our preconceptions about sci-fi and apocalyptic dystopia, its depiction of humanity’s relationship to the natural world, and why we should stop trying to keep insects out of our homes and embrace them as our many-feelered siblings 🦠🐞🐛🐜. *
In the episode we say that Nausicaa was the first Studio Ghibli film when it was actually animated by Topcraft. However, Nausicaa was directed by Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki and its success led to the creation of the studio. So apologies for that!
📝 Shownotes: 📝
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984, Topcraft) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087544/)
Preread text (Rowan Ellis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMFll3aIbmo)
Warriors of the Wind poster (http://www.impawards.com/1985/warriors_of_the_wind.html)
N.K. Jemison on apocalypse (https://muse.jhu.edu/article/711829/pdf)
“Vulnerability, Survivability, Affect” (Judith Butler, Frames of War, https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/modules/fulllist/first/en122/lecturelist2017-18/butler_j_2010.pdf)
Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene (Donna Haraway, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/warw/detail.action?docID=4649739)
Nausicaa in the Odyssey (https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Nausicaa/nausicaa.html)
“The Fantastic Masculinity of Newt Scamander” (Pop Culture Detective, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4kuR1gyOeQ)
The Gayly Prophet podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-gayly-prophet-a-harry-potter-podcast/id1447786261)
Cecil the lion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saHGvxFAhE0)
Recommendations:
📺 We Are Lady Parts - Nida Manzoor (https://www.channel4.com/programmes/we-are-lady-parts)
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🎹Intromusic🎹:
"Wall" by Jahzaar, licenced under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
🎹Outro Music🎹: “Waterbeat” by DJ Lengua, licenced under Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
🎹Transition Music🎹: “Desert Howling Wind - Sound Effect” by Audio Library - Free Sound Effects (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JkD-YI2Fec)
