PERFECT DAYS. Wim Wenders' tender, shimmering marvel that celebrates the beauty of the everyday.
Winner of the Best Actor award at Cannes for Koji Yakusho, and Japan's official submission to the 2024 Academy Awards.
Dust in the Wind (1986) by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
"Movies should reflect facets of life. If you don't fully comprehend a way of life, you can't tell whether something will ring true."
--- Hou Hsiao-Hsien
"Abbas Kiarostami's 'Close up' (1990) for me, refocused my whole way of thinking, watching this film. You must see this film. It hit me just as strongly as the first time. (..) It has that emotional impact"
--- Martin Scorsese
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"I believe an audience can take 4½ seconds of sugar soaking, but 8½ would be too much."
--- Krzysztof Kieślowski,
explains the importance of 'café scene' in "Three Colors: Blue" (1993).
"I’m not trying to tell a story about an affair. I’m trying to tell a certain attitude in a certain period of time in the history of Hong Kong—how people treated these things."
--- Wong Kar-Wai on 'In the Mood for Love' (2000)
“When Satyajit Ray passed on, I was very depressed. But after seeing Kiarostami’s films, I thanked God for giving us just the right person to take his place.”
--- Akira Kurosawa
"Why, among all the possible beauties, was it her beauty that struck me? I'm no longer sure of the answer."
Love in the Afternoon (1972)
Director: Éric Rohmer