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title: ""...when Wim Wenders, the German film director of art-house favorites…"
date: 2024-02-06
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# "...when Wim Wenders, the German film director of art-house favorites…

*February 6, 2024 · Twitter/X*

\"\...when Wim Wenders, the German film director of art-house favorites like "Paris, Texas" and "Wings of Desire," first toured more than a dozen public toilet buildings around the Japanese capital city in the spring of 2022, he was enchanted by what he described as "little jewels"...

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