Pass the Popcorn: The Wind Rises * (Guest post by Greg Forster) I hadn't intended to time a review of Hayao Miyazaki's final film, jaypgreene.com
: The film repeatedly asks if the pursuit of greatness justifies the ethical compromises along the way. Jiro’s mentor in dream sequences, Caproni, famously asks if he would prefer a world with or without pyramids—acknowledging that even the greatest wonders of human achievement often come at a terrible human cost. Technical Mastery and Maturity The Wind Rises
: Though Miyazaki later returned with The Boy and the Heron , The Wind Rises was originally intended as his final farewell. It carries the maturity of a lifetime’s worth of reflection on art, legacy, and mortality. Pass the Popcorn: The Wind Rises - Jay P. Greene's Blog Pass the Popcorn: The Wind Rises * (Guest