Miyazaki interviewed in Venice

The Guardian offers a rare interview with Hayao Miyazaki from the Venice Film Festival, where he was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

Among other things, he amusingly responds to the rumor that he sent Harvey Weinstein a samurai sword with a note reading "No cuts" when Weinstein was assigned the U.S. release of Princess Mononoke. The director chortles. "Actually, my producer did that. Although I did go to New York to meet this man, this Harvey Weinstein, and I was bombarded with this aggressive attack, all these demands for cuts." He smiles. "I defeated him."