Notebook on Cities and Clothes
{{Infobox film
| name = Notebook on Cities and Clothes
| native_name = {{infobox name module|de|Aufzeichnungen zu Kleidern und Städten}}
| image = NotebookonCitiesandClothes.jpg
| caption =
| director = Wim Wenders
| producer = {{ubl|Ulrich Felsberg|Wim Wenders}}
| writer = {{ubl|Wim Wenders|Francois Burkhardt (idea)}}
| starring = Yohji Yamamoto
| narrator =
| music = Laurent Petitgand
| cinematography = {{ubl|Masasai Chikamori|Muriel Edelstein|Uli Kudicke|Robby Müller|Musatocki Nakajima|Wim Wenders}}
| editing = {{ubl|Dominique Auvray|Lenie Saviette|Anne Schnee}}
| distributor = Axiom Films (UK and Ireland)
| released = {{film date|1989|12|28|France|1990|03|29|West Germany|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country =
| language =English, Japanese, French, German
| budget =
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Notebook on Cities and Clothes ({{langx|de|Aufzeichnungen zu Kleidern und Städten}}) is a documentary film about Yohji Yamamoto directed by Wim Wenders. Despite Wender's previous disdain for fashion, he undertook filming after being commissioned by the Pompidou Center in Paris.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE1D61139F936A15753C1A967958260|title=Movie Review - - Review/Film; Delving Deep Into Pockets Of Fashion, Intellectually - NYTimes.com|website=www.nytimes.com|language=en|access-date=2017-01-28}}
Content
The film loosely centers on a series of interviews with Yamamoto, interspersed with footage of his atelier, previous work and his then upcoming show. Notably, Yamamoto's comments and philosophical musings lead Wenders to make his own comments about the nature of cities, identity, and the role of cinema in modern life.
Cast
- Yohji Yamamoto as himself
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.wim-wenders.com/movies/movies_spec/notebookoncitiesandclothes/notebookoncitiesandclothes.htm}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0096852|title=Notebook on Cities and Clothes}}
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Category:Films directed by Wim Wenders
Category:1989 documentary films
Category:Documentary films about fashion designers
Category:Films scored by Laurent Petitgand
Category:German documentary films
Category:French documentary films
Category:Films with screenplays by Wim Wenders
Category:Documentary films about cities
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