Tag: Solitude in film

• Exploring Ordinary Life in Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days

  Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days is a meditative masterpiece that celebrates the quiet dignity of ordinary life. Set in Tokyo and anchored by a mesmerizing performance from Kōji Yakusho, the film follows Hirayama, a middle-aged man who works as a public toilet cleaner. What could easily have been a bleak portrait of routine becomes, instead, a…

  Keelan Foley

  May 26, 2025

  Film, Music

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