Chihiro-Alice neets Queen of Hearts in Miyazakiland

Rating: 8/10 (26 April 2020)

Spirited Away is often considered as the best of great Hayao Miyazaki's animated films. I do not agree, but off course it is also excellent. The very beginning is true horror, none of his other movies I have warched could fit this genre as this one. However, unfortunately in my point of view, the film changes the atmosphere after Chihiro meets Yubaba. The story becomes more confusing than I would appreciate too. One interesting issue I would like to highlight are Lewis Carroll's influences on Miyazaki's work. Clearly inspired in Alice, Japanese master included the Cat and the Hole in My Neighbor Totoro. Here in Spirited Away we can see the Tea, the Queen of Hearts and the White Queen.