#i read a couple interviews and Shinkai stated in one that he was afraid of going to the area that was most affected by the 2011 quake
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I feel *so strongly* about Suzume and it's not even for ME what the Fuck
#yeah i get the overarching theme of survival and mundane lives being precious applies more or less to everyone#but i IMMEDIATELY recognized that the movie was about natural disasters in japan and the population's collective trauma about it#the earthquake warnings throughout the film. and the scene after the first door where it showed people talking about the damages it caused#even how the worm/the Gates/the keystones as a way to abstract and mythologize natural disasters that were out of their control#it was so personal and intentionally designed.#throughout the film i kept thinking 'i wonder what the reception to this film in Japan was.'#meaning i wonder if it meant anything to anybody in japan or if it was just A Movie that no one cared about#i read a couple interviews and Shinkai stated in one that he was afraid of going to the area that was most affected by the 2011 quake#and some survivors in the area WERE offended that anyone would make a fantasy movie about it.#but an overwhelming number of people who considered themselves victims of the tsunami encouraged shinkai and said#that the movie told them things they needed to hear#idk creative work about trauma is SO IMPORTANT TO ME. even if it wasn't for me in any way it's so precious#suzume no tojimari#suzume spoilers
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