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Wim Wenders Has Been Trying to Make Perfect Days His Whole Life

The director’s latest is probably the best film he’s made since Until the End of the World.

In the evenings he visits a bustling noodle shop in an underground mall, where he’s greeted with a tall glass of water and a warm “Here’s to your busy day!” by the server. We fear that the film is about to become a familiar tale of a young person helping an older, broken man come out of his shell — but no, it’s she who starts to see the quiet splendor of his life. He has the eye to capture the elegant and diverse architecture of Tokyo’s public bathrooms, from futuristic orbs, to cozy huts, to vertically slatted roundhouses, to honeycombed wood panels.

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