Spirited Away

“Everything that happens stays inside you—even if you can't remember it.” When I was a kid my cool step cousins left behind a VHS of this at my Grandma’s house and I watched it by myself. In my early 20’s it became a comfort film in some really dark times. I realized sitting in the Coolidge (alone, but in a full house) that it was my first time ever watching it with anyone else & there’s something really beautiful about that. It was also my first time seeing the original version rather than the English dub. People are right, it IS better. (The “dragon boyfriend” line blew my mind whyyy did you remove it Pixar?) It’s rare for anything to enrich you so strongly at 7 years old and continue to when you’re an adult.