Sometimes, if you want to get something done, you have to go to the top. That’s what happened when the UW Cinematheque film series tried to secure a copy of “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” the acclaimed animated feature by legendary Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, for its spring season.
Ironically, the film is available at the corner video store on video or DVD, having been distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. But finding an actual film print to screen was much harder, and it ended up that Miyazaki himself had to personally approve a Madison screening, Cinematheque programmer Tom Yoshikami says.