Did We Misunderstand Totoro?

Did We Misunderstand Totoro?

What Is It?

The YouTube video Did We Misunderstand Totoro? by the YouTube channel Wisecrack:

Did We Misunderstand Totoro?

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The secret tragedy of Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro has brought joy to the masses since its release in 1986. But surprisingly, it was initially supposed to be screened alongside Studio Ghibli’s most depressing film ever: Grave of the Fireflies. Can watching the two films side by side teach us anything, and will doing so change the meaning of Totoro? Let’s find out in this Wisecrack Edition: Did We Misunderstand Totoro?

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Written by Amanda Scherker and Tom Whyman
Hosted by Michael Burns
Directed by Michael Luxemburg
Edited by Kim Su Labby
Produced by Olivia Redden and Griffin Davis

Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound

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Why Did The British Attack Their French Allies In WWII?

Why Did The British Attack Their French Allies In WWII?

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Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Dejan Milivojevic
Narrator:

Chris Kane
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Sources:

Brown, David. The Road to Oran: Anglo-French Naval Relations, September 1939 – July 1940. Taylor & Francis, 2004.
Gibbs, Norman Henry, and J. R. M. Butler. Grand Strategy. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1976.
O’Hara, Vincent P. Struggle for the Middle Sea: The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945. Naval Institute Press, 2015.
Secrets of the Dead, Season 9, Episode 5 Churchill’s Deadly Decision. Directed by Richard Bond. London: 3BM Television, 2010

TR & Tom Cruise & Milla Jovovich? | TR | World War II Time Lapse Interviews & Videos

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Dream 1

I am not sure if this was from a previous dream or a forgotten part of this dream, I just remember that my female coworker TR was there, the next thing that I remember is being at a slightly fictional version of my parents house which had an attic that you could walk in unlike our attic in real life, and we had two separate visitors arrive with Tom Cruise being one visitor & a Milla Jovovich-like woman with curly blonde hair or it was Milla Jovovich who was the second visitor.

Most of my family & I were there & these two separate visitors were a surprise to us, it did not seem that we knew them as friends or anything like that, so I am not sure why they were visiting us, they did not arrive together or seem to know each other & I do not remember them even getting to see each other during the dream, they both were in different parts of the house, and I was with the Milla Jovovich-like woman or Ms. Jovovich if that was her most of the time.

Atonement (2007 Film)

Atonement [2008]

What is it?

The 2007 romantic war drama movie Atonement.

Atonement Official Trailer #1 – Brenda Blethyn Movie (2007) HD

Here is how The IMDb describes this movie:

When Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan), thirteen-years-old and an aspiring writer, sees her older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley) and Robbie Turner (James McAvoy) at the fountain in front of the family estate, she misinterprets what is happening, thus setting into motion a series of misunderstandings and a childish pique that will have lasting repercussions for all of them.

Robbie is the son of a family servant, toward whom the family has always been kind.

They paid for his time at Cambridge, and now he plans on going to medical school.

After the fountain incident, Briony reads a letter intended for Cecilia and concludes that Robbie is a deviant.

When her cousin Lola (Juno Temple) is raped, she tells the police that it was Robbie she saw committing the deed. — Garykmcd

Barefoot Gen: Hiroshima 75 Years Later (Anime Abandon)

Barefoot Gen: Hiroshima 75 Years Later (Anime Abandon)

BennettTheSage did a great job with this video, he added emotion while also being informative, and he shared some of his personal experiences.

I have not seen the anime for Barefoot Gen yet, but it seems that it will show some examples of what anime is capable of like Grave Of The Fireflies did.