ILE has never had a thread about Wim Wenders

"In Berlin, after the wall
It's very nice"

mark s and jimbeaux otm

Would watch a war film about angels vs devils in Paradise Lost

Waiting for someone to bring the Sandman Slim novels to the screen.

OK, maybe not.

Surprised no chatter about Perfect Days.

The trailer has certainly got me intrigued and it only gets better upon the dozenth view.

I was obsessed with _Wings of Desire_ in my early to mid 20s. It seems like a good movie for a young man to obsess over. I spoke enough German at the time that a lot of the lines really had resonance for me. I haven't seen it in 30 years and would hesitate to watch it again. The soundtrack, though, still kicks ass.

No way!

Saw Wenders’ other 2023 movie, the Anselm Kiefer documentary, last night. Totally worth admission price alone for towering scenes of Kiefer at work in his aircraft hangar/studio filled with art, decay, metal, metal decay to be burned or melted down into art. All of it compelling enough that the final scenes where time metaphorically collapses felt unnecessarily “do you see?!” It’s not a conventional documentary - read Wikipedia if that’s what you’re looking for.

I saw that at a small festival a few months ago, I thought it was a great use of 3D and overall really liked it although Wenders’ pretentiousness about the magical mysteries of art was occasionally irritating.

So has anyone seen Perfect Days? I am mildly intrigued

I've had the screener sitting at home. He's never been a priority for me. I do wanna watch the doc, though: I watched the Kaurismäki instead last Saturday.

I haven't seen it, but everyone I've talked to says Perfect Days is pretty good, if not on par with his best work. (At least for my tastes, I don't think he's made a great narrative film since the '80s, but his documentary work since then has typically been stronger.)

I enjoyed Anselm, it was good to see relatively non-conventional documentary. I wasn't familiar with Anselm Kiefer at all beforehand, but I'd like to visit the Eschaton Foundation now of course. The scale of things there looked immense.

Loved Perfect Days, more than the couple other Wenders I've seen (though should rewatch Paris, Texas).

You know the trope of the solitary hitman/samauri whose life is all routine and precision? This is like that, except the guy cleans public toilets instead of guns.