"To inflict pain on each other's flesh [was] the only way they could be sure of one another's love."

RIP King.

Title couldn't be more apt. This is pure feeling in cinematic form; editing, music, colour, text, movement, all coming together through some strange alchemy to touch the innermost reaches of your heart.

Not a single second feels out of place. I did not understand it, but I felt it. Already I can sense it slipping through my fingers. Obayashi I love you.

obayashi just casually inventing new colours... this one is for when you are in love with a tree. this one means dracula. rarely, if ever, do you find a director who has this much fun making films. we also share many of the same cinematic ideals (films shouldn't take themselves so seriously and should have beautiful women everywhere) and i adore how horny this man is for living life. he says "the dandelions aren't blooming today" and i say "right on"

Obayashi is here to remind filmmakers, and everyone really, to do whatever you want. Forever.

Nobuhiko Obayashi said gay rights

“To inflict pain on each others’ flesh was the only way they could be sure if one another’s love.”

Hello everyone, today it was time for this short Asian movie released on 1966.

From the creator of House… Emotion portrays the life of a young girl who is called Emi.

It enjoys of a mesmerizing score and a “scary” aura in every scene, like if there was something dark happening on the backstage while filming. The funny thing is that this movie is not supposed to be in the horror genre.

Anyway despite being a curious piece of work very easy to watch, I wouldn’t recommend it.

You can watch this movie on the following YouTube link -> 1080p HD

japanese avant-garde meets czech new wave

perfect for dazed afternoons when you want to decompose, in a good way

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Another fun experimental short by Obayashi with plenty of haunting imagery, like a lot of his early things, it feels like you are reliving the memories of someone who happens to be both melancholic and haunting. The cinematography is also stunning.

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An Eater
Emotion
Steak
Alps

Foregoing typical narrative structure in favor of a bohemian-style experimentation, Ōbayashi’s Emotion blends elements of mythic vampirism with a youthful awakening, creating something that is best left sparsely described, but entirely felt. Though a lack of cohesion causes it to be a tad bit messy, this film contains images that are both playful and unsettling, blending color with black-and-white cinematography, montage and a fantastic score from Naoshi Miyazaki; what we are left with is a unique and utterly empirical experience that defies cinematic norms, opting for a totally offbeat approach to the medium that still feels fresh and innovative, even now.

Simone, do you like the sound
of footsteps on the fallen leaves?

Come.

One day, we too will be
poor fallen leaves.

Come.

Night is falling.
The wind pierces our bones.

Simone, do you like the sound
of footsteps on the fallen leaves?

—Remy de Gourmont

obayashi.....his MIND