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In a film by this director, a young boy bikes under a set of arches and two rows of trees before wandering into an ornate building whose walls are filled with paintings. This director’s wife filmed black and white “dream installations” that appear after each day in a different film by this director. A film by this director includes a reading of Paul Celan’s “Todesfuge,” where only the words of the poem are shown onscreen. This filmmaker has embraced (*) 3-D for a number of recent documentaries, including (-5[1])one about an artist who (-5[1])took photos imitating a Nazi salute across (10[1])various locations in Europe. A fiction film by this director centers on a man who listens to Patti Smith and Lou Reed cassettes while driving his van to work across Tokyo. (10[1])For 10 points, name this director whose 2023 films (10[1])included the documentary Anselm and a narrative film following the toilet cleaner Hirayama, Perfect Days. ■END■ (10[1])

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