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Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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From Time Out New York
Retro in spirit, anime master Hayao Miyazaki's latest would have been lauded 35 years ago as the ultimate head trip, down to its randomness and oozing colors. The plot: Teenage Sophie (Mortimer) is swept up in the protective embrace of Howl (Bale), a rock-star–like wizard. Deeply jealous, a fat-swaddled Witch of the Waste turns Sophie into a stooped-over old woman who finds employment as the bustling cleaning lady of his floating home. Still with us? Ah, never mind: Go and experience what, in our own cultural moment, is still a stunning example of a pure, disorienting dream logic that cinema provides all too rarely.Author: JR
Time Out New York website
Cast & crew
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Producer: Rick Dempsey, Ned Lott, Toshio Suzuki
Genre(s): Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance
Duration: 119 mins
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