(A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.)
Okay, I'm a little embarrassed to admit this, but I enjoy the occasional animated movie. In particular, a few movies directed and written by Hayao Miyazaki are among my favourites. I stumbled upon them when my oldest daughter,Kaitlyn, was still a young child. To this day, Kaitlyn, every year or two, will ask me to watch one of these movies with her, because they are special. "Kiki's Delivery Service", "My Neighbour Totoro" (one of the best), "Spirited Away" and "Castle in the Sky" are great. There are more that we haven't seen yet. I've always thought that the writer must have a fascination with flight because many of his movies will have a snippet of some fantastic airplane, or some kid trying to pedal a bike with wings on it, or even have lots of fantasy aircraft in it.
It turns out, I was right. There is a new movie out called, "The Wind Rises". It's basically about a young boy (real life Jiro Horikoshi) who is enamoured with the idea of flight, paper airplanes, and eventually, when grown up, designing Japanese WWII fighter planes. I think that many of us will relate to this story as folks who have been bitten by this bug and are living our dream through flying RC aircraft.
I plan to go see this movie some evening, next week, likely by myself. (Christine wouldn't be at all interested
) This might be odd, but if anyone else is interested in seeing it too, let me know. Maybe a group of us can go see it. It is only playing at the Oxford, with two shows, 6:45 and 9:30 PM, for likely just one week.Here is a link to the film info and trailer.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2013293/?ref_=asrtt_sr_tt
Andrew C
On cheap nights, it's a good idea to arrive 20 or more minutes early.