A desert planet. A prophesied messiah. A tyrannical empire. Giant bugs.
You may think I'm describing "Dune," the new sci-fi epic directed by Denis Villeneuve. Or your mind might even go to "Star Wars," itself a beloved sci-fi saga inspired by the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert. But the above also applies to "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind," the masterful 1984 animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Set in a future post-apocalyptic world where a devastating war has reduced the Earth into barren wastelands and toxic forests, "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" follows the titular young...
The post If You Want to Prep for Dune, Watch Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind appeared first on /Film.
You may think I'm describing "Dune," the new sci-fi epic directed by Denis Villeneuve. Or your mind might even go to "Star Wars," itself a beloved sci-fi saga inspired by the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert. But the above also applies to "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind," the masterful 1984 animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Set in a future post-apocalyptic world where a devastating war has reduced the Earth into barren wastelands and toxic forests, "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" follows the titular young...
The post If You Want to Prep for Dune, Watch Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind appeared first on /Film.
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