I will turn 50 in November of this year, so my project for 2023 will be to watch and review one movie from each year of my life. The only qualification is that it has to be a movie I’ve not reviewed previously.
1992
Top Grossing Movies of 1992:
- Aladdin
- The Bodyguard
- Home Alone 2: Lost In New York
- Basic Instinct
- Lethal Weapon 3
Best Picture Oscar Nominees and Winners of 1992:
- Unforgiven
- The Crying Game
- A Few Good Men
- Howards End
- Scent of a Woman
Other Movies I’ve Reviewed from 1992:
- 1991: The Year Punk Broke
- A League of Their Own
- Like Water for Chocolate
- El Mariachi
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- My Cousin Vinny
Title: Porco Rosso
Release Date: July 18, 1992
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Production Company: Studio Ghibli
Summary/Review:
I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.
Marco, a.k.a. Porco Rosso (Shūichirō Moriyama) is a veteran pilot of The Great War who left the Italian air force after the rise of fascism. He continues to fly as a bounty hunter who fights against sky pirates the menace the ships sailing among the islands of the Adriatic Sea. Oh, also, he has the head of a pig.
Of all of Hayao Miyazaki’s films, this is the one that seems more grounded in a historical reality while simultaneously immersed in fantasy. Porco Rosso is drawn into a duel with American flying ace Donald Curtis (Akio Ōtsuka). This requires repairs to his beloved plane, an learning to trust Fio Piccolo (Akemi Okamura), the young woman who works for her family’s aircraft company and takes charge of making the repairs and improvements.
It’s a wonderfully imaginative and funny movie that is a pastiche on film conventions of the 1920/30s with a touch of feminism.
Rating: ***1/2