1226 Perfect Days

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1226 Perfect Days

#1 Post by swo17 » Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:39 am

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A perfect song that hits at just the right moment, the play of sunlight through leaves, a fleeting moment of human connection in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breathtaking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders. In a radiant, Cannes-award-winning performance of few words but extraordinary expressiveness, Koji Yakusho plays a public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose rich inner world is gradually revealed through his small exchanges with those around him and with the city itself. Channeling his idol Yasujiro Ozu, Wenders crafts a serenely minimalist ode to the miracle that is the here and now.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• 4K digital master, approved by director Wim Wenders, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• New interview with Wenders
• Interview with actor Koji Yakusho
Some Body Comes into the Light (2023), a short by Wenders, featuring a new introduction by the director
• Interview with producer Koji Yanai, founder of the Tokyo Toilet project
• Trailer
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri

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Re: 1226 Perfect Days

#2 Post by dda1996a » Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:08 pm

And yet the inspiration (and much better film) Paterson is yet to be inducted into the collection!

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