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Sep 2019

2h 38m

Spirited Away with David Rees

Blank Check Productions

About this episode

Humorist, David Rees, returns to Blank Check discuss one of the greatest animated films of all time, Spirited Away. Together they examine dream logic, Shrek, David Rees presents an important review of Spirited Away from Nigel Andrews at the Financial Times and plenty more!

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