 When you see this review, it will be, I believe, Thursday, and I saw Lupin III, Castle of Cagliostro, in the cinema two days ago, two nights ago, on September 19, 2017. I think it was the 19th. I said in my last Miyazaki review, Castle in the Sky, how much I was looking forward to seeing this film. It's Haio Miyazaki's first feature film to direct. I'm glad I saw it. It wasn't the awe-inspiring existential experience that I was expecting. I actually don't know what I was expecting, because there are so many Miyazaki films that are just jaw-dropping. And this was not jaw-dropping, but it was very good. There's a scene near the, there's a scene at the beginning of the film, it's a car chase scene, that is one of the most influential car chase scenes in all of cinema. Not just animation, not just anime, but cinema. It was a surprisingly brief scene, though. I thought that I had not seen the whole thing, but it turns out I had seen it, and it's because of a video game. They turned the film into a video game back in the early 80s after the, after the stir that the Dragon's Lair video game caused with the video game that was driven by a laser disc. They did the same thing with Loop and the Third, and I played that game, and part of the game is making your way through that car chase. So I had seen all of it, but I had not seen the rest of the film at all. It has so many of the Miyazaki hallmarks. The humor, the fast, loose animation style, the seemingly 3D effects that are hand animated, and a car chase in a hand animated film. I mean, what animator would animate a car chase by hand? Miyazaki. The charm, the charming characters, the quiet moments, the attention to sound, the strong characters with strong friendships, strong relationships between male and female characters without romance. There was a point near the climax of the film where I was laughing out loud. I was actually throwing back my head and laughing out loud. That's so unusual for me to do in any film. This is a film worth seeing. It's particularly worth seeing on a big screen if you get the chance. It's a historical film. It's an important film. They showed a series of interviews after the film. Interviews with the cartoonist who created the manga, a man who goes by the name Monkey Punch. He talked about how after 40 years the film is still fresh. It doesn't bore him. He can still watch it. There was an interview with one of the lead animators who said that they created the film in four or five months, which is astonishing. There was a very lengthy introductory interview with John Lasseter, conducted by a movie reviewer whose name I can't remember right now. It was really uncomfortable and unnecessary. I'm afraid all these special events are going to have something like that at the beginning of them. At the beginning of Star Trek, Wrath of Khan, there was a lengthy interview with William Shatner by the same film reviewer. Unnecessary. Anyway, next week I'm going to be seeing Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, which is the Miyazaki film I've been waiting to see. And I will certainly review that one and let you know what happens. Bye. Please remember to press that like button. It helps my videos get seen. And then subscribe so you can come back next time. I do science fiction, book, TV and movie reviews all the time. And please consider becoming a patron. There's a link in the description below.