Kate finishes Miyazaki month with Howl’s Moving Castle by talking about themes of beauty in all its forms. Subjective always, beauty is judged inward and outward in conscious and subconscious ways. Kate digs in deep of our perceptions of beauty and how it changes, evolves and effects the world around us.

 

Sources:

Book vs. Film video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvvQn2psfL8

Hayao Miyazaki’s 50 Recommended Children’s Books: https://www.librarything.com/list/6990/all/Hayao-Miyazakis-50-Recommended-Childrens-Books

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder phrase http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder.html

Definition of Beauty: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beauty

100 years of beauty video: https://youtu.be/LTp9c9bsY_Q

Kate continues Miyazaki month with the first film to come from Studio Ghibli, Castle in the Sky. This episode talks about the history of Studio Ghibli and poses a new film theory that Castle in the Sky is an allegory for genealogy or the search of your ancestral roots.

 

Sources:

IMDB Trivia on Castle in the Sky: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092067/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv

Studio Ghibli history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli

Highest grossing films in Japan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_Japan

Study on memories passed down in DNA: http://www.nature.com/articles/nn.3594.epdf?referrer_access_token=9XLm27A8J_adXknih_VkmNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MLhU4y4LZkONbbyIJwg8aP95fxT3WZmPpkBGiHfLfX0yfM79Am0xNBgmHVATzMsEw

Telegraph article on memories in DNA: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/10486479/Phobias-may-be-memories-passed-down-in-genes-from-ancestors.html

Kate continues Miyazaki month with Princess Mononoke. This episode is full of trivia on why it took this box-office recording breaking Japanese hit 2 years to come to the United States as well as taking deep diving on the themes of this mature movie. Themes in this episode are: infections of rage and hate, the whole damn world is cursed, two sides to every story, being small, stupid and worrying about your survival is a pre-curser to war, and not to fear the god of life and death.

 

Sources:

Princess Mononoke IMDB Trivia: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119698/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv

Film theorists Do you know movies? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4AmPuzEaYY

Miramax Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miramax

Dogma IMDB Trivia: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120655/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv

AP article stating it was Fahrenheit 9/11 that broke up Weinstein http://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2010/01/29/miramax_offices_close_disney_says_brand_continues/

No Asshole Rule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_No_Asshole_Rule

If you meet the Buddha on the road https://fractalenlightenment.com/26323/spirituality/if-you-meet-the-buddha-on-the-road-kill-him

Kate begins Miyazaki Month with Japan’s highest grossing film of all time, Spirited Away. In this episode Kate talks about braving a new adventure, taking part in the world around you, helping others is a way of showing your toughness, what’s in a name, cleansing, the power of remembering and how you can handle it when things are new and unknown.

Kate Chaplin closes out her holiday movie coverage with Frank Capra’s You Can’t Take it with You. This episode is jam-packed with lesson you can take with you in life. Kate starts off with why she loves this film far more than It’s a Wonderful Life and how that film because a holiday staple and not You Can’t Take it with You, then she gets into the movie’s themes of: Monopolies on ammunition, Isn’t there something you’d rather be doing?-ism’s, What the government does with your money, Commercialization of fear, Approval over authenticity, Staying where you belong and not being ambitious, What being rich and being poor really means, What you can take with you. Can’t miss episode!

Kate continues her deep dive into Christmas movies. In this episode, Kate compares and contrasts Scrooged to its source material, A Christmas Carol, as well as talking about when Bill Murray might have left filmmaking, the social function of media, and how to be the person you always thought you could be.

In this episode, Kate continues her look at Christmas movies and talks about Home Alone and its themes of fear, family dynamics and how to be a grown up. She also talks about some behind the scenes as well as film theories.

Kate begins her Christmas movie series with Mixed Nuts. In this episode, Kate talks about the Christmas where everything changed, never expecting help, being good on the phone, making something out of nothing and embracing that Christmas is supposed to suck.

Recorded Live at Starbase Indy, Kate and special guest Josh continue their live trek in space to talk about Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. In this episode Kate talks about the messages of old age, revenge and Kobayashi Maru.