Notebook on Cities and Clothes

Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Directed by	Wim Wenders
Produced by	Ulrich Felsberg Wim Wenders
Written by	Wim Wenders Francois Burkhardt (idea)
Starring	Yohji Yamamoto
Music by	Laurent Petitgand
Cinematography	Masasai Chikamori Muriel Edelstein Uli Kudicke Robby Müller Musatocki Nakajima Wim Wenders
Edited by	Dominique Auvray Lenie Saviette Anne Schnee
Distributed by	Axiom Films (UK and Ireland)
Release date	28 December 1989 (France) 29 March 1990 (West Germany)
Language	English, with Japanese segments

Notebook on Cities and Clothes 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. The film loosely centers on a series of interviews with Yamamoto, inter-spaced 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.