#Perfect Days 2023

[bisexualsfromouterspace]

“Having less is so much better,” [Wenders] continues. “As is being less distracted, being focused on fewer things. Most people, me included, are overwhelmed by all the stuff we’re supposed to read, see, own. Hirayama is not overwhelmed. He doesn’t need everything, and doesn’t want everything. His mind is much less cluttered, so he can see things. His reduction is a great charm, and it’s also the great power of the film. Reduction is bliss.” (x)

PERFECT DAYS (2023) dir. Wim Wenders @pscentral event 26: minimalism

[sotterramii]

There's something to be said about being content.

You have your small little world where routine is everything and it's not great, but it isn't bad either. you're alone and it's fine most days, but some days your past knocks and then it's not so fine. You pick yourself up and keep going because the world doesn't stop, it doesn't know you've hugged your sister for the first time in 7 years five minutes ago. And you have a chance to change your routine, risk something and get an s/o but most likely you won't, most likely you'll just keep going to the restaurant opposite the laundromat every week like you've always done and people-watch from afar while she sings. You're alone with no family ties but there's someone out of your life that likes you, someone that grows as steadily as that little plant you water while ignoring time is passing. People come and go, shadows overlap and you don't know if they deepen, still.

[petitemaman2021]

Reading in Perfect Days (2023), directed by Wim Wenders

Cinematography by Franz Lustig

[gael-garcia]

watching a movie set in Asia directed by a Western director and it is immediately obvious why Western critics and award-giving bodies are eating it up : an Asian man listens to and adores English, Western music

[escapismthroughfilm]

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[adorecinema]

i cannot stop thinking about perfect days (2023)

i loved perfect days so much and i think it may become one of my favourite films of all time. it has truly left such a profound impact on me. i think the thing i take away most from the film is the importance of slowing down and taking in every moment. life often flashes by so quickly and we feel like we are grasping at any chance for happiness and joy as a lot of us spend most of our days working or studying. we can often feel like our lives are boring because nothing exciting is happening.

the main character in perfect days, hirayama, has a minimum wage job cleaning public toilets. yet, he still manages to walk out the door everyday with a smile on his life. we see him staring at the sky, at the trees, at random people; he is always taking in the beauty of the world, noticing things that the average person may not, like, the way the sun shines through the leaves of a tree.

hirayama lives alone, doesn't have a partner or many close friends. he has people he encounters throughout the film, but they never really stick. they are often just fleeting acquaintances. many people who've seen the film have debated whether hirayama is truly happy or not. i think he is just an ordinary human who experiences both happiness and sadness.

we see him cry as his niece who briefly visited him leaves with her mother. we can see that he isn't close with his family as they hardly ever see or talk to each other. i think his tears here are a moment of rare vulnerability. he loved having the company of his niece, and now she's gone just like that, and he's alone once again.

however, i think what we can learn from hirayama is how to find moments of happiness amongst all the sadness. you can read a great book, listen to your favourite song, or eat a delicious meal. life can often be heavy and difficult, but if we just appreciate our favourite things every day, i think life will be a little bit easier.

[firstcow]

The soundtrack only contains the music Hirayama listens to. He always plays cassettes with the songs he fell in love with long ago. The soundtrack features no new music. The songs were selected during the scenario work. If we think from Hirayama’s perspective, what would he be listening to here? This is where we find his routine, in which he takes pleasure in the small coincidences that flow from the tapes. (via)

Perfect Days (2023) | Dir. Wim Wenders

[freshmoviequotes]

Perfect Days (2023)

[olvaheiner]

Perfect Days (2023)

Directed by Wim Wenders

[takethemonetandletsgogh]

Perfect Days (2023, dir. Wim Wenders)

[isjasz]

Cherries, from fruit to pit. Atoms. The sun, every day. Worms. Mulch. Perspiration. The moon, every night. Me. You. 

Rebirth. 

The various cycles of life and death. 

<GoodTimeWithScar> fell from a high place. 

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[petitemaman2021]

Perfect Days (2023), directed by Wim Wenders

Cinematography by Franz Lustig

[thatsitso]

Two girls

[escapismthroughfilm]

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