Floating Through Film

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]

On Episode 205 of Floating Through Film, we're coming back to our FTF Theory series to not only review Oshima's controversial 1976 film In the Realm of the Senses, but to also talk about it in connection to the essay he wrote about the film, "Theory of Experimental Pornographic Film". This was an interesting discussion to have, and Oshima's thoughts really helped framed our own. We hope you enjoy!

Essay available here: https://1drv.ms/b/c/fffeb099b6dfb149/IQAAXqbTogMiQ6nk9Sp1bQrbAa2LxT21yPCgG8CCcvAA0j0?e=jkvg4t

Episode Next Week: FTF Con Men (Trouble in Paradise + Night and the City)

Music:
- Intro: from In the Realm of the Senses (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVKr_x3jroQ
- Outro: from In the Realm of the Senses (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVKr_x3jroQ)

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]