Nobuhiko Obayashi is probably one of my favorite filmmakers of all time and I usually turn to his work often for comfort.
This one in particular fills me such a beautiful ache of nostalgia and longing. The use of color to illustrate the dreamy nature of love and lives lived is gorgeous. I genuinely think this is a film everyone needs to see
very much micro celeb maybe? but he walked by the venue i used to work at when i was manning the door and stopped to ask my coworker about the show that night. i just stood there with my jaw on the floor and asked is he was chris fleming. he said yes. i said i'm a huge fan of your work and shook his hand. he laughed.