Tag Archives: Wim Wenders

the trip of the lonelies (film: Alice in den Städten – Wim Wenders, 1974)

Posted on February 22, 2024 by admin

Between ‘Alice in den Städten‘ (‘Alice in the Cities‘ – 1974) and ‘Perfect Days’ (2023) 49 years have passed. 49 years in which the career of German director Wim Wenders has developed in many and sometimes surprising directions. It just … Continue reading →

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the Japanese movie of Wim Wenders (film: Perfect Days – Wim Wenders, 2023)

Posted on January 26, 2024 by admin

Some of the most interesting films I’ve seen lately come from directors who have nothing left to prove. Wim Wenders is one of them. He will be 79 this year and has made films like ‘Wings of Desire’ and ‘Paris, … Continue reading →

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three films in one (Film: Der Stand der Dinge – Wim Wenders, 1982)

Posted on February 28, 2019 by admin

The Wim Wenders retrospective at our local cinematheque ended with one of the most interesting films of the German director. ‘Der Stand der Dinge‘ (the English title is ‘The State of Things‘) is very representative for his career, including many … Continue reading →

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goodbye Mr. Hopper, goodbye Mr. Ganz (Film: The American Friend – Wim Wenders, 1977)

Posted on February 21, 2019 by admin

Both of them were formidable actors. Dennis Hopper left us in 2010. Bruno Ganz followed him a few days ago. Coincidentally, the retrospective of Wim Wenders‘ films at our local cinematheque featured the wonderful film ‘The American Friend‘, which brought … Continue reading →

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at the German roots of the moving images (documentary: Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky – Wim Wenders, 1995)

Posted on February 9, 2019 by admin

‘Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky‘ started as a research and production project by Wim Wenders and his students about the beginnings of cinema in Germany. The result was interesting enough to become a (almost) long duration documentary. In Wim Wenders’ cinema, sprinkled … Continue reading →

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king of the road movies (Film: Kings of the Road – Wim Wenders, 1976)

Posted on February 1, 2019 by admin

The Wim Wenders retrospective at the local cinematheque provided us this week the opportunity to see the most famous film in the series of the ‘road movies’ made by the German director more than four decades ago. ‘Kings of the … Continue reading →

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the road seems to go nowhere (Film: Wrong Move / Falsche Bewegung – Wim Wenders, 1975)

Posted on January 24, 2019 by admin

Time does not always work in favor of movies. The second film I saw in Wim Wenders‘ retrospective at the local cinematheque was’ Wrong Move‘ (the original title in German is’ Falsche Bewegung’), which belongs to the cycle of three … Continue reading →

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Wenders on the footsteps of Ozu (Film: Tokyo-Ga – Wim Wenders, 1985)

Posted on January 10, 2019 by admin

I love Wim Wenders and most of his films that I have seen. I love and venerate the films of the Japanese master Yasujirô Ozu. ‘Tokyo-Ga‘, the documentary realized in 1985 by Wenders researching the echoes of the works of … Continue reading →

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3Dance (Film: Pina – Wim Wenders, 2011)

Posted on November 25, 2012 by admin

Reading some the interviews that Wim Wenders gave about Pina I learned that this film ended to be something quite different from what the director originally intended. While fascinated a long time by Pina Bausch’s creation and especially Cafe Muller, … Continue reading →

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