風立ちぬ
"We must live."
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura, Stephen Alpert
The Wind Rises — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
Le vent se lève!... Il faut tenter de vivre!
Context
First quoted when Jiro and Naoko meet as adults, setting the tone for their relationship and the film's philosophy.
Meaning
The central mantra of the film: the wind is rising, we must try to live. It signifies the necessity of finding the will to exist and create despite the looming storm.
Airplanes are beautiful, cursed dreams, waiting for the sky to swallow them up.
Context
Spoken to Jiro in a dream to prepare him for the reality of his career.
Meaning
Articulates the film's core conflict: the inherent tragedy of creation when it is divorced from its ultimate impact on the world.
Which would you choose: a world with pyramids or a world without?
Context
Caproni uses this metaphor to help Jiro justify his pursuit of engineering excellence during wartime.
Meaning
A rhetorical question asking if the creation of monumental human achievements is worth the suffering and cost required to build them.
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