The Boy and the Heron: Miyazaki’s Magnum Opus

The Boy and the Heron: Miyazaki’s Magnum Opus

The Boy and the Heron is Hayao Miyazaki laid bare. It’s his love, fear, past, and future all in one. It’s confusing at times, yet simple at others. The film’s ideas orbit in and out of each other’s gravitational fields, at times even colliding.