Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Miyazaki on Spirited Away

The Nausicaa fan site's section on Spirited Away has a useful essay by writer-director Hayao Miyazaki and a useful Q&A with him, both linked from this page. Among other things, Miyazaki talks about how he makes use of Japanese folklore.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Miyazaki said he write the story for his 5 young female friends that he spends time with in the summers. I remember reading that Alice's Adventures in Wonderland were likewise inspired by a group (three I think) of young girls- including on enamed Alice.

10:33 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Alice was a real girl and she had two sisters. They were the daughters of the dean of Christ Church College (the college Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson attended).

10:45 PM  

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