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Imaginary Flying Machines is a film of genre Animation directed by Hayao Miyazaki released in USA on 1 january 2002 with Hayao Miyazaki
Imaginary Flying Machines (2002)
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Add to a movie listKūsō no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi (空想の空飛ぶ機械達, Imaginary Flying Machines) is a 2002 Japanese animated short film produced by Studio Ghibli for their near exclusive use in the Ghibli Museum. It features director Hayao Miyazaki as the narrator, in the form of a humanoid pig, reminiscent of Porco from Porco Rosso, telling the story of flight and the many machines imagined to achieve it.
The film could also be seen on the in-flight entertainment system used by Japan Airlines.
Synopsis
Reprenant l’idée du vieux rêve humain de pouvoir voler librement dans les cieux comme un oiseau, un cochon narrateur nous emmène à la rencontre de toutes ces machines volantes imaginaires, propulsées par l’énergie humaine et les progrès de la science, qui peuplaient l’imaginaire du début du 19ᵉ siècle. Tous ces engins, ballons, dirigeables et autres ornithoptères ont maintenant créé un embouteillage incroyable dans les cieux !Actors
Hayao Miyazaki
(Le cochon)
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