There's no music during the firebombing scene in Grave of the Fireflies. There's no cinematic contrivances to make the scene more exciting or heart rending. It's eerily silent. Because that's what Takahata remembers from living through it as a child. The silence.
🐲 Thunder & Lightning (Ninja Sex Party)
🏹 RAIN (SID, ver. AmaLee)
♈ The Foggy Dew (Colm McGuinness)
🔥 House of the Rising Sun (The Animals, ver. Hildegard von Blingin' & Algal the Bard)
Several years ago, when things were bad as they are now, I made a comic about art and community in the face of hate. Today feels like a time to reshare. 1/5