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Wim Wenders on Beyonce’s tribute to Paris, Texas and how Tokyo toilets inspired his new film
10 months ago

Wim Wenders on Beyonce’s tribute to Paris, Texas and how Tokyo toilets inspired his new film

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Wim Wenders’s new film Perfect Days is …

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Review: In the exquisite ‘Perfect Days,’ a city worker’s daily routine approaches the profound
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Review: In the exquisite ‘Perfect Days,’ a city worker’s daily routine approaches the profound

LA Times  

A banal daily routine reveals hidden depths in the Tokyo-set gem “Perfect Days,” from one of cinema’s great poets of patience and connection, Wim Wenders. In the pantheon of films about people and their jobs, “Perfect Days” suggests a riff on the iconic “Superman” tagline: You’ll believe a man can enjoy cleaning public toilets. I don’t think I’m spoiling or …

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Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’ is sublime
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’ is sublime

New Indian Express  

Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” is set among the crowded skyscrapers of Tokyo and the quiet urban parks that Hirayama traverses daily in his job cleaning public toilets. Hirayama says little throughout the course of Wenders’ quiet, quotidian film. Think of Harry Dean Stanton’s dusty drifter in “Paris, Texas,” or Bruno Ganz’s terminally ill man in “The American Friend.” But the …

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Movie Review: Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’ is sublime
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Movie Review: Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’ is sublime

Associated Press  

Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” is set among the crowded skyscrapers of Tokyo and the quiet urban parks that Hirayama traverses daily in his job cleaning public toilets. Think of Harry Dean Stanton’s dusty drifter in “Paris, Texas,” or Bruno Ganz’s terminally ill man in “The American Friend.” But the Wenders’ movie that “Perfect Days” most recalls is “Wings of Desire,” …

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Limited lines and background? Koji Yakusho saw the potential of ‘Perfect Days’
1 year ago

Limited lines and background? Koji Yakusho saw the potential of ‘Perfect Days’

LA Times  

A popular figure in Japanese cinema over the past four decades, Koji Yakusho is pretty recognizable to most of his countrymen. “They saw me, and they took some pictures, and that became an article of ‘Why is this famous person holding these cleaning utensils?’ But I don’t think the general public noticed very much.” In the original tale from legendary …

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Silk Road glassware exhibition opens in China's Shaanxi
2 years, 7 months ago

Silk Road glassware exhibition opens in China's Shaanxi

China Daily  

A glass-gilt bronze ornament in the form of a divine beast with inlaid eyes from the Qin Dynasty, excavated in the Lianhu district of Xi'an, Shaanxi province. An exhibition of ancient glassware that reflects cultural exchanges along the Silk Road opened Tuesday in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province. The exhibition not only introduces the development and characteristics of …

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Silk Road relics, artworks on display in Shanxi
3 years ago

Silk Road relics, artworks on display in Shanxi

China Daily  

An exhibition of selections from the Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum's collections opens at Shanxi Museum on Dec 17. An exhibition of selections from Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum's collections recently opened at the Shanxi Museum in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi province. The exhibition Visitors browse exhibits related to the ancient Silk Road at the exhibition on Dec …

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Tokyo Olympics: Ayim and Hirayama named Canada's flag bearers
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Ayim and Hirayama named Canada's flag bearers

The Hindu  

Women's basketball player Miranda Ayim and men's rugby sevens co-captain Nathan Hirayama will be Canada's flag bearers at this week's opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics, the Canadian Olympic Committee said on Monday. This will be the first time Canada has a men's rugby sevens team at the Olympic Games. The men's rugby sevens open their Olympics with a pair …

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Toothless inflation threats could mean emerging market debt boom
3 years, 10 months ago

Toothless inflation threats could mean emerging market debt boom

Hindustan Times  

A great era for emerging-market bonds may be only just beginning, according to a study of break-even rates. Inflation is a critical component for bond returns, as shown by the slide in global government debt in January as the Biden administration announced it would roll out $1.9 trillion of additional US stimulus. “The disinflationary outlook offers a potential capital gain …

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