Guest Picks: Wim Wenders

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 28, 2015

We spoke to famed director Wim Wenders about his 40 year retrospective. He told us about a few of his favorite books, music, and food. Check it out!

What have you read or seen over the past year (book, play, film, etc…) that moved or surprised you?

Book: I’m rereading “A Hundred Years of Solitude” – 40 years later again

HER the movie 

What are you listening to right now?

I got a fabulous birthday present

3 LPs compilated by all my friends, with musicians: Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Calexico, U2, Travis, Eels, Radiohead, Pieta Brown, Ry Cooder, and others

What’s the last great book you read?

Just finished for the first time “Catcher in the Rye”

What’s one thing you’re a fan of that people might not expect?

Soccer

Sumo

What’s your favorite comfort food?

Miso soup

Spinach

French fries done with sweet potatoes

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