He infixes his animated actors with such subtleties that I have never seen, even from animation giants Pixar. Miyazaki lingers upon the characters as if they were actors. The fact that this place is amazing doesn't seem to concern Miyazaki. Places and buildings are not greeted by towering establishing shots and majestic music. The inhabitants of the world go about their daily business as usual as full with apathy as us normal folks. The world is filmed just like our workaday world would. But Miyazaki doesn't seem to treat this world as something amazing. We discover the world as Chihiro does and it's truly amazing to watch. During the first fifteen minutes we have no idea what is going on. Miyazaki does this brilliantly in 'Spirited Away'. A hallmark of a good storyteller is making the audience empathise or pull them into the shoes of the central character. 'Spirited Away' is the first Miyazaki I have seen, but from this stupendous film I can tell he is a master storyteller.
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