Spirited Away
35mm at Nitehawk Cinema (Prospect Park)
To construct one of the most elaborate and imaginative worlds in all of cinema, only to shove us out promptly at the two hour mark never to return… deft, frustrating, brilliant temperance. The terror and the wonder of childhood, or really any stage in life, and that feeling of getting pushed to the next step just as you’ve gotten the hang of the last—very rarely better (and more literally: the stairs!) depicted.
Note: Might seem like my account has been hacked saying this, but, in my opinion, the Ghibli movies are best enjoyed digitally and with dubs. Subs muddy the beauty.
Note 2: <PERSON> played new music for the first time in eight years yesterday, and I just found out Nitehawk has queso, so yeah, it’s been a great week. 823