Season 1 · Episode 158

My Neighbor Totoro [1988]

Scene and Heard · Jacqueline Postajian & Gregory Kleinschmidt

March 17, 202658m 20sExplicit

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Show Notes

Jackie and Greg board the Catbus for Hayao Miyazaki's MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO from 1988. Topics of discussion include Miyazaki's storybook aesthetic, its deliberate pace, how it handles its fantastical elements, and why it's quite literally, a film for all ages.

#72 on Sight & Sound's 2022 "The Greatest Films of All Time" list. https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

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