7 | ‘PORCO ROSSO’, SEAPLANES, a SELF-LOATHING
Porco Rosso! The crimson pig! A heart of gold! Skies of blue! Islands of green! Why are we shouting?! Because this film has got it all: action, romance, wistful staring, aerial dogfights, and background paintings that’ll make your heart hurt. Studio Ghibli’s ‘Porco Rosso’ is about a bounty hunter flying ace who protects the Adriatic Sea from villainous seaplane pirates. Porco’s in it for the money (or so he says), but the people in his life know that he’s the same heroic man beneath it all. Will he outrun the Italian Air Force? Will he prevail against brash American pilot Curtis? Will the beautiful Gina ever see the man she knows as Marco return to peace? Only Hayao Miyazaki knows but he graciously wrote it down so we can find out. Start your engines and hit the skies! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/framesandfools/message
