Floating Through Film

Episode 209: Nobuhiko Obayashi Week 2 (Lonely Heart + His Motorbike, Her Island)

On Episode 209 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our next series picked by Blake, Nobuhiko Obayashi! In this week, we start by reviewing his last film from his 'Onomichi Trilogy', 1985's Lonely Heart, followed by his 1986 film His Motorbike, Her Island (1:08:30). We hope you enjoy!

Episode Next Week: Beijing Watermelon + The Rocking Horseman

Music:
- Intro: from Lonely Heart
- Break: His Motorbike, Her Island
- Outro: His Motorbike, Her Island (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z5ikMkswjY)

Hosts:
Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)
Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)
Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)

Podcast Links:
Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilm
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/
Email: [email protected]

On Episode 208 of Floating Through Film, we're starting our next series picked by Blake, Nobuhiko Obayashi! On this opening week of the series, we start by giving our overall thoughts on the director, before reviewing two films from his 'Onomichi Trilogy', 1982's I Are You, You Am Me (24:54), and 1983's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1:38:15). We hope you enjoy!

Senses of Cinema Article by Hal Young: https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2021/great-directors/obayashi-nobuhiko/
Midnight Eye Article by Paul Roquet: http://www.midnighteye.com/features/nobuhiko-obayashi-vagabond-of-time/

Episode Next Week: Lonely Heart + His Motorbike, Her Island

Music:
- Intro: from I Are You, You Am Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmccvCkflpU)
- Break: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- Outro: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Hosts:
Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)
Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)
Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)

Podcast Links:
Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilm
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/
Email: [email protected]

On Episode 207 of Floating Through Film, we're coming back to our FTF Theory series to talk about Fritz's Lang's 1931 serial killer film M, while bringing up Deleuze's analysis of the film contained in one of his lectures on his book "Cinema 1: The Movement-Image". We hope you enjoy!

Lecture available here: https://deleuze.cla.purdue.edu/lecture/lecture-14-6/

Episode Next Week: Nobuhiko Obayashi Week 1 (I Are You, You Am Me + The Girl Who Leapt Through Time)

Music:
- Intro: from M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tA0nSuko40)
- Outro: created by Richie Joshuva for the podcast

Hosts:
Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)
Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)
Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)

Podcast Links:
Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilm
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/
Email: [email protected]

On Episode 206 of Floating Through Film, we're returning to our Genre Night series to talk about the two films in the con men genre, Lubitsch's 1932 comedy Trouble in Paradise, followed by Jules Dassin's 1950 film noir, Night and the City (1:19:10). We hope you enjoy!

Episode Next Week: FTF Theory (Fritz Lang's M + Deleuze's Large Form of the Action-Image)

Music:
- Intro: from Trouble in Paradise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gab6yekmnUM)
-Break from Night and the City (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00hnU02b8i4)
- Outro: from Trouble in Paradise

Hosts:
Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)
Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)
Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)

Podcast Links:
Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilm
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/
Email: [email protected]

On Episode 206 of Floating Through Film, we're returning to our Genre Night series to talk about two different kinds of films in the con men genre, Lubitsch's 1932 comedy Trouble in Paradise, followed by Jules Dassin's 1950 film noir, Night and the City (1:19:10). We hope you enjoy!

Episode Next Week: FTF Theory (Fritz Lang's M + Deleuze's Large Form of the Action-Image)

Music:
- Intro: from Trouble in Paradise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gab6yekmnUM)
-Break from Night and the City (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00hnU02b8i4)
- Outro: from Trouble in Paradise

Hosts:
Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)
Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)
Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)

Podcast Links:
Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilm
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/
Email: [email protected]