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'Spirited Away' (2001)
"We looked at that phantom in Spirited Away as a point of reference for our ghost. Obviously, that spirit takes on a much different form but for much of the movie it’s a shrouded figure with an impassive face, but there’s so much emotion and complexity in that visage. It also has a charm, a naivety, a whimsy. I love that whimsy and I wanted our movie to capture that. I wanted it to be playful in the same way as [director] Hayao Myazaki’s films are playful."
"We looked at that phantom in Spirited Away as a point of reference for our ghost. Obviously, that spirit takes on a much different form but for much of the movie it’s a shrouded figure with an impassive face, but there’s so much emotion and complexity in that visage. It also has a charm, a naivety, a whimsy. I love that whimsy and I wanted our movie to capture that. I wanted it to be playful in the same way as [director] Hayao Myazaki’s films are playful."