Spirited Away

I rewatched it for the fourth time today. Just amazing. At the moment, my favorite movie from Miyazaki. It has everything.. Environmentalism: the "smelly spirit" who actually is one of the most famous and rich one, ruined by the garbage left on the river bank. The critic against the capitalism: The "No face" starts making gold just in order to reach people's attention, and people are attracted by easy and fast money. They just want more and more, doesn't matter the price to pay off. The bureaucracy, the work environment: the workers loose their identities, they start to have some other name and are forced to follow some strict rules. Yubaba represents the bureaucracy and all the processes and rules to follow for the productivity of the agency, no matter at what cost. The movie can be enjoyed on different levels by everyone, at every age: I saw it the first time when I was a kid, my teacher from elementary school made me do it. And I really enjoyed it. During the years I've watched it all over again and again, and nothing changed. Kids, teenagers, adults..everyone can see beauty in this movie.. a story of growth (and not only of Chihiro, but of every character), of a gentle and platonic love, in the purest form, from the eye of an innocent kid.