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Kagemusha 1980
Kurosawa is just such a master. If ever you make a movie and you have rain or snow or anything, just don't do it before you see all of the Kurusawa's and study and read how he produced weather. And then you can go and make a movie with rain. But just don't do it without consulting Kurosawa.
Wim Wenders (excerpt from Criterions „Closet Picks“, 2024)
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On Body and Soul 2017
The Hungarian film director Ildikó Enyedi is one of the most brilliant women filmmakers working today. Her film ON BODY AND SOUL from 2017 is an amazing story about dreams and love and longing, and it has deeply moved me when I first saw it. The thought that a man could not have made this film intrigued me a lot.
Wim Wenders (excerpt from an introduction published on Acontraplus in November 2023)
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Au Hasard Balthazar 1966
If you think that a film about the life of a donkey cannot be moving and take your breath away, watch AU HASARD BALTHAZAR from 1966, and think again. The film by French master Robert Bresson on the topics of violence as well as compassion is one of those films that change the way you see the world.
Wim Wenders (excerpt from an introduction published on Acontraplus in November 2023)
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Easy Rider 1969
(...) EASY RIDER is a film about America. EASY RIDER is a film mainly in long shots. EASY RIDER is a political film. (...) EASY RIDER begins with the music of Steppenwolf. Born to Be Wild. The Pusher. (...) A motorbike ride from Los Angeles to New Orleans, that's the story of this film. A story of long empty roads, of empty petrol stations, of Monument Valley, of suburbs where the advertisements on the roofs are twice as high as…
