By the end of the first hour of "Perfect Days" I was starting to get a little restless. It chronicles the day to day routine of the main character, a toilet cleaner in Tokyo, in minute detail, and I was like, are we really just going to see this guy relive the same day over and over again for two hours?
Then some things happen, but nothing major. We get a glimpse of this guy's family life and learn a little bit about him, but not much.
Then the second to last shot of this movie is a long closeup of the main character driving through Tokyo and crying, whether from happiness or sadness isn't entirely clear, and the answer is it's probably a little bit of both.
And then I was walking down the hallway of the movie theater after the film was over and was hit by a wave of emotion that almost made me burst into tears. You've done it to me again Wim Wenders.
This movie challenges the idea that to be alone is to be lonely. As someone who prefers to be by himself for much of the time, this movie resonated very much with me.
Grade: A.
Then some things happen, but nothing major. We get a glimpse of this guy's family life and learn a little bit about him, but not much.
Then the second to last shot of this movie is a long closeup of the main character driving through Tokyo and crying, whether from happiness or sadness isn't entirely clear, and the answer is it's probably a little bit of both.
And then I was walking down the hallway of the movie theater after the film was over and was hit by a wave of emotion that almost made me burst into tears. You've done it to me again Wim Wenders.
This movie challenges the idea that to be alone is to be lonely. As someone who prefers to be by himself for much of the time, this movie resonated very much with me.
Grade: A.