There aren’t many films that truly merit being celebrated 40 years on, but Paris, Texas is surely one. Overhauled with a new 4K restoration for a cinematic re-release this month, Wim Wenders’ masterpiece, led by a craggy-faced Harry Dean Stanton, and driven by that unforgettable Ry Cooder slide-guitar score, still feels utterly timeless. For the … Read more
Fantasy comes in many forms, and one of them arises when a work of scrupulous realism strains plausibility to the point that it plays like mere wish fulfillment. The German director Wim Wenders’s latest film, “Perfect Days” (which opens Wednesday), is such a work. Set in Tokyo, it’s a story about a man who’s a … Read more
In 1985’s Tokyo-Ga, he travelled to the city to explore the work of renowned director Yasujirô Ozu. Four years later, he returned to make a portrait of fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto, Notebook on Cities and Clothes. Perfect Days: veteran Japanese actor shines in Wim Wenders’ Tokyo story And then came 1991’s U2-scored futuristic tale Until … Read more
