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| GKIDS | Release Date: December 13, 2018 |
Starring:
Atsushi Okui, Hayao Miyazaki, Michiyo Yasuda, Nobuo Kawakami, Toshio Suzuki, Yuhei Sakuragi, Yukinori Nakamura
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Dec 9, 2018
IndieWire
Dec 13, 2018
Dec 12, 2018
Viewers unfamiliar with Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s extraordinary output over the years may find Never-Ending Man an exercise in tedium – the creation of an animated film, even a short one, is a famously slow and exceedingly precise process – but for those who, like me, adore his life’s work, it’s a precious and fascinating glimpse into the inner life of the world’s greatest living animator.
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Dec 14, 2018
Had Arakawa widened the portrait just a bit to include other voices — whether artistic collaborators or the young audiences still just discovering his work — the film would easily have demonstrated how his legacy will live forever. Then again, it’s assumed that anyone watching “Never-Ending Man” knows that already.
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Dec 13, 2018
Dec 14, 2018
Though fans will enjoy the behind-the-scenes view, and anyone interested in creativity can appreciate watching a master attempt to expand his turf so late in life, the doc's narrow scope and aesthetic limitations make it a fans-only affair, certainly not a full-bodied account of this man's towering career.
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