What an ’Oscar moment’ from Spirited Away looks like...

Spirited Away is the only animated movie from a foreign language to have won the Academy Award for the best animated feature. And amongst the many scenes that makes Spirited Away so special, there’s one that could be defined as an oscar moment. And in this video I wanna talk about what that ’Oscar moment’ from Spirited Away looks like... Chapters 0:00 Setting the scene 0:45 Why did Miyazaki make Spirited Away? 2:19 Leading into the scene 3:03 A background score that’s dreamlike 4:10 Attention to detail 7:00 The train journey 9:10 A moment where nothing happens... From all the Ghibli scenes that I’ve watched, there’s one scene that is mysterious and magical, and yet, beautiful and moving at the same time. And it has to be ’The train journey’ from Spirited Away. There’s something mersmerizing about this scene that is hard to explain. So, in this video essay, I wanna try to explore some of the things that makes the ’the perfect scene&