Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi (1938-2020) took the world of cinema by storm together with his 1997 masterpiece Home. A campy, cult-classic horror, the movie set the stage for his idiosyncratic signature as an artist and director, brimming with otherworldly fantasias, pop-art boldness and acidic surrealism. Whereas the movie catapulted him to fame, its towering affect has usually eclipsed the vary of his work abroad.
Now, Obayashi’s teenage symphonies are getting their flowers in Obayashi ‘80s, a movie sequence introduced by the Japan Society in New York, working from February 7 by way of February 14, 2025. With six movies not often seen exterior of Japan, the sequence presents the beloved Onomichi Trilogy alongside Kadokawa-era classics, evoking a bittersweet nostalgia for a yesteryear that exists simply past attain.
Highlights embrace a uncommon 35mm import of the coming-of-age, body-swap characteristic I Are You, You Am Me; His Motorcycle, Her Island, a melodrama surrounding a love-stricken biker gang; the gonzo, cosmic fantasy of Faculty within the Crosshairs; and Lonely Coronary heart, a favourite of Akira Kurosawa.
“Towards wildly ingenious chroma-key composites and characterised by his unflagging optimism for the youth of Japan, Obayashi’s youth passages are caught up within the ages of transition, demonstrably attuned to the extraordinary nature of abnormal adolescence.”
Head to the Japan Society’s web site for extra info on the total lineup.
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