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Episode 140: That Ain't Plot: On Hayao Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away,' with Meredith Michael

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No Face

"It's sort of funny that most human and relatable character in this whole movie for me is totally no face," he says. "I don't think he has any authentic appetites except one he hungers for form." He materializes things from the start but I think that's part of what phony things fake. They're glamour, right? The same thing she has to learn again. It's learning how to trust the world enough so that you can give something away without expecting something back.

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