There’s that line in the film that says, “What are we longing for? Where does all this yearning come from?” I feel like that’s a central theme in so much of your work and this was a way to physicalize this deep longing. That was something that maybe tied us together, Pina and me. When I saw her pieces for the first time I realized we had a subject in common, as well. Many of my films were trying to deal with the same issues in different ways, [but] certainly not in the same way she was able to do it without words and without story. There was never a story; in some of her pieces there is a red line going through, but it’s not a plot; in movies you always have a story to carry you, and I realized that maybe stories are in the way…[of] the core of things. The way Pina gets to the core of what love and loss means… I just don’t know a single film that has been able to come remotely close to that. Wim Wenders on His Dear Friend Pina Bausch and the Film He Made in Her Honor

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There’s that line in the film that says, “What are we longing for? Where does all this yearning come from?” I feel like that’s a central theme in so much of your work and this was a way to physicalize this deep longing.
That was something that maybe tied us together, Pina and me. When I saw her pieces for the first time I realized we had a subject in common, as well. Many of my films were trying to deal with the same issues in different ways, [but] certainly not in the same way she was able to do it without words and without story. There was never a story; in some of her pieces there is a red line going through, but it’s not a plot; in movies you always have a story to carry you, and I realized that maybe stories are in the way…[of] the core of things. The way Pina gets to the core of what love and loss means… I just don’t know a single film that has been able to come remotely close to that.

Wim Wenders on His Dear Friend Pina Bausch and the Film He Made in Her Honor

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New York City based film and culture writer. Has worked for BlackBook Magazine and Interview Magazine both in print and online. Editorial Director of the BlackBook Tumblr. Diner-dwelling David Lynch enthusiast. [hillarymweston@gmail.com]