(Watched in Cornell Cinema)
I want to start with hoping that the main filmmaker, Basel Adra, who, just last week, was attacked, severely injured and abducted by the settler-murderers, is alive. I feel very emotional about the whole thing but for the purpose of this review, I am going to stick to the contents and quality of the movie.
It’s definitely a pretty slow film and I’ve never been much of a fan of documentaries but the effort, planning, vision…
Amidst the hierarchical hustle culture of the day, Perfect Days shows the beauty of routine doing modest jobs. Everyday is the same and everyday is different. It’s the simple things in life: a beautiful canopy, a soothing bath, a riveting book, sumptuous food… Wim Wenders succeeds in showing the “perfect” in all of this.
Love the movie and would aim to incorporate some of these aspects into my lifestyle.
Painful, painful watch! Why do these indie filmmakers have to make a movie such a struggle to watch! I regret not leaving half an hour into the movie when I saw the reviews on Google. Shouldn’t have trusted Reddit recommendations and letterboxd reviews. This isn’t the first time letterboxd reviews led me astray on indie movies.
The first person POV is terrible and adds virtually nothing, and they don’t even stick to it all the time! Totally random clips are…
