時をかける少女 & Neon Indian — “The Blindside Kiss” [♬]
The song’s low-fidelity distortion (from “Era Extraña,” 2011) and the film’s experimental aesthetic are a perfect match! Great music video edited by David Dean Burkhart:
Footage is from the 1983 Japanese science fiction film “Toki o Kakeru Shōjo aka The Girl Who Leapt Through Time” by Nobuhiko Obayashi. / Video edited by David Dean Burkhart.
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Transfixed to details in the ceiling Haunts you to believe it One more night Faint strange lights |
Highway glare, nearly there Basement bliss, the blindside kiss One more night Faint strange lights |
Cool visuals; Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi has a filmography full of highly stylized stories and special-effects — I will most definitely cover his work in a separate post.
Side-note: The young actress’ name is Tomoyo Harada, and as well as having a prolific career as an actress, she is also a singer who, from what I gather, was a super pop-mega-idol back in the 80’s:
That footage was from her very own stadium concert, Tomoyo Harada Muscat Lips Tour 1986 (原田知世 マスカットリップスツア). This next video was released only yesterday:
All-star band – Pupa is Takahashi Yukihiro (YMO), Harada Tomoyo, Takano Hiroshi (HAAS), Takada Ren, Horie Hirohisa (Neil and Iraiza) and Gondō Tomohiko (anonymass).
I have no idea what the context is for this next video I found, but I like its 80’s aesthetic and random mean streets musical-fight vibe:
Interesting, street jazz style! Reminded me of the final scene from Breakin’ (1984):
I love leaping through time. Not knowing where that may lead is great, amiright!
