Carnival

Whew! Spirited Away. Amazing. Visually stunning, nostalgic, epic, baroque, thematically heavy, and all in all Miyazaki. His voice comes through as loud and clear as ever without the didactic undertones or obvious devices. No Face is my favorite character ever...He is simultaneously threatening, terrifying, cute and gentle. He is a character that you despise yet pity. Humanity at its worst and most vulnerable, balancing the scale of selfishness and greed and loneliness and desire. In the end Miyazaki shows that there is hope as Grammy takes him in to give him a second chance at being a good little god. Lin's character was a bit typical of Miyazaki's strong helpful women characters(ie ursula) but seemed to lack the idyllic-ness for Chihiro to aspire to. She succumbs to No Face's sand-gold and while kind and caring of Chihiro, never seems to truly help her in her quest or get to know her. Baby as a mouse is adorable, as a baby is horrid. There is lot about identity...knowing who one is, recognizing others, changing ones name or appearance, covering or hiding ones appearance either by choice or not...it's all a lot to talk about. Hope to get into more later...when it's not so late....

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