Perfect Days

"A peaceful feel-good vibr even with the bits of dialog from the MC, just came through by his acting alone. "

"Perfect Days? More like PERFECT MOVIE *ba dum tsssss*🥁. This is one of the sweetest, most optimistic movies I’ve seen since Patterson (2016). Win Wenders uses the daily routine of a Tokyo toilet cleaner to capture the beauty of our ordinary lives. In an age when nearly every piece of media is filled with drama or chaos that has to be overcome, Perfect Days is refreshing because it tells the story of a man who chooses to not participate in any of that. You can definitely feel a Buddhist influence in this film. "

"A life is lived in moments. This film celebrates the moments with barely a plot. It depicts a man’s life lived in its rather boring repetiveness. The man looks for small changes and radiates kindness in a life lived well, if in the moments. A tribute to balance and beauty in noticing those moments. Beautiful and elegiac. Komorebi is the Japanese word for shadows of light through leaves and is a key concept in the film."

"Perfect Days is a beautiful, meditative film that encourages you to think about the little moments in life. It follows Hirayama, a toilet cleaner in Tokyo, as he goes through his "mundane", daily routine. His often contemplative response with the world around him shows how even the simplest tasks can be meaningful. The visuals are stunning, capturing the beauty of everyday life and reminding us to slow down and appreciate the small things we often overlook. As Hirayama moves through his days, it feels like it creates space for us to reflect on our own lives and what truly matters. In the end, Perfect Days is a gentle reminder that happiness can be found in the ordinary. "If while washing dishes, we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus hurrying to get the dishes out of the way as if they were a nuisance, then we are not ‘washing the dishes to wash the dishes.’ What’s more, we are not alive during the time we are washing the dishes. In fact we are completely incapable of realizing the miracle of life while standing at the sink." - Thich Nhat Hanh #sliceoflife #comfort "

"(2023) Japan/Germany- Japanese, English"

"The contemplation of simplicity, the movie is nothing more than a mixture of contemplation and observation, in an almost documentary tone, all very close up. It doesn't need many words, because the expressions and looks already say it all. The almost meditative feeling provokes reflections on ourselves. A beautiful masterpiece of life."

"This film could have made a tonal shift in these moments, but it stays true to itself and the path we have traveled. Things are left unsaid. Moments between Hirayama, Niko, and her mother are allowed to linger. We never get a clear picture (this includes the purpose of the photos Hirayama takes). To make this choice as a filmmaker is a hard one. Audiences so often demand closure. They like stories tied up in neat little packages. Wim Wender refuses that urge and pressure. Instead, he allows the camera to focus on the main character as tears stream down his face. Then he asks us to question perfection."