Porco Rosso

MOVIE #1,704 • 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 • 06.07.24 宮崎駿監督のフォーカス This one seems like a lesser Miyazaki at first glance but I appreciated how weird and different it was from all the rest. I think it helped that I watched the English-dubbed version which features none other than Michael Keaton in the titular voice role of Porco Rosso. This is essentially a movie about a pig's unhealthy attraction to a 17yo human girl and, though it’s a period piece, some of its gender politics are bonkers (see below). It has some of the most quotable lines, like “I’d rather be a pig, than a fascist” (get it, because he IS a pig). And while Keaton sort of seems like he’s phoning it in, that also works for the vibe of this character…

I liked this fake movie poster a lot…


It’s an odd one, for sure. But highly enjoyable.

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Porco Rosso (Japanese: 紅の豚, Hepburn: Kurenai no Buta, lit. 'Crimson Pig') is a 1992 Japanese animated adventure fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his 1989 manga Hikōtei Jidai. It stars the voices of Shūichirō Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Akemi Okamura and Akio Ōtsuka. Animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Japan Airlines, and the Nippon Television Network, it was produced by Toshio Suzuki and distributed by Toho. Its score is by Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi. It was released on July 18, 1992.