His Motorbike, Her Island
2025-08-28
Vancouver, BC

Simultaneously charming and surreal. My only real point of comparison here is House, and while both are a little whimsical, this one doesn't have that off kilter comedic tone. It's pretty cute, the idea of falling so madly for someone, subconsciously becoming their own reflection. There's a line narrated early in the film, "some guys have vividly colored dreams, but mine were always in monochrome" — I want to say it's key to understanding this thing, but this story is being told by a classically unreliable narrator, leaving much of this up to interpretation.

Watched at the Cinematheque in Vancouver. Part of their Obayashi in the ​’80s series.