The portrait of the German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer, one of the most innovative and significant artists of our time, captures his life, vision, revolutionary style, and immense body of work exploring human existence and the cyclical nature of history.
Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
If Wim Wender’s Perfect Days struck a chord with you, then Tokyo-Ga (1985) is a must-watch, promising to be a delightful experience
Review of Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’, a cinematic journey blending simplicity and profundity in Tokyo’s everyday life
At 78, the German director debuts Perfect Days, a film set in Tokyo’s public restrooms. Nominated for the 81st Golden Globes and an Oscar contender
Un uomo sereno. Un lavoro importante: pulire i gabinetti. L’ultimo Wenders è un concerto di dettagli. Che celano un segreto
Wings of Desire constantly articulates the impossibility of finding any meaning in anything. At the same time, it’s a love-story message movie.
I don’t want to see any more Westerns. This one is the very end, the end of a craft. This one is deadly . . . Leone’s film is completely indifferent towards itself. All it shows the unconcerned viewer is the luxury that enabled it to be made
Angst-dark primary colors—reds and blues so intense they’re nearpsychedelic, yet grimy, rotting in the thick, muggy atmosphere. Cities that blur into each other. Characters as figures in cityscapes or as exiles in rooms that are insistently not home. And, under it all, morbid, premonitory music.
Wim Wenders on ‘Paris, Texas’ (1984). Interview by Katherine Dieckmann for film Quarterly
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