Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989) poster
1989 · documentary · essay · fashion

Notebook on Cities and Clothes

Directed by Wim Wenders1h 21m1989
ElsewhereIMDb6.41kRT80%TMDB6.417
  • measured
  • gentle
  • intimate
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Neutral, measured, gentle documentary / essay, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

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Wim Wenders talks with Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto about the creative process and ponders the relationship between cities, identity and the cinema in the digital age.

Our read · Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989) reads as a neutral, measured, inventive documentary · essay · fashion entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.

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