Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989)
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.
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Wim WendersSelf
Yohji YamamotoSelf
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