Henry Kathman

I'd Rather Be a Pig Than a Fascist [Ghibli Music Cut]

Added 2022-03-01 03:50:11 +0000 UTC

Hey all! So while I work on the Cinderella Video, I have also finished a much shorter video to potentially tide people over while I work on this two-and-a-half-hour behemoth. Normally, I would upload this to YouTube, but Studio Ghibli is notorious for copyright striking anything that uses its music. So I am going to upload the temporary music version to google drive while the lovely Molly Noise works on the soundtrack.

Click Here to Watch the Video!

In this video, I will be exploring Porco Rosso and the relationship between the real-world history of the Adriatic Sea during the rise of Italian Fascism and the Anti-war themes of Studio Ghibli. Is this film an Antifascist classic that many describe it as? Watch to hear my thoughts on this underrated classic.

Script Editing by Argus Swift

Here is a link to the script!

Work Cited:

Burgwyn, H. James. Empire on the Adriatic: Mussolini's Conquest of Yugoslavia, 1941-1943. Enigma, 2005.

Han, Karen. “Studio Ghibli's Porco Rosso Is a Fairy Tale without a Fairy-Tale Ending.” Polygon, Vox Media, 29 May 2020, https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/2020/5/29/21275119/porco-rosso-studio-ghibli-hayao-miyazaki-ending?utm_campaign=polygon&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.

Jolin, Dan. “Miyazaki on Miyazaki: The Animation Genius on His Movies.” Empire, Bauer Consumer Media, 28 July 2011, https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/hayao-miyazaki/.

Marlborough, Patrick. “What Studio Ghibli's Films Teach US about Resisting Fascism.” VICE, Vice Media, 1 Sept. 2017, https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjjy3y/what-studio-ghiblis-films-teach-us-about-resisting-fascism.