PARIS, TEXAS (THE CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1984
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. Paris, Texas follows the mysterious, nearly mute drifter Travis (a magnificent Harry Dean Stanton, whose face is a landscape all its own) as he tries to reconnect with his young son, living with his brother (Dean Stockwell) in Los Angeles, and his missing wife (Nastassja Kinski). From this simple setup, Wenders and Shepard produce a powerful statement on codes of masculinity and the myth of the American family, as well as an exquisite visual exploration of a vast, crumbling world of canyons and neon.
• Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Hunter Carson, Sam Berry, Bernhard Wicki, Claresie Mobley, Viva, Socorro Valdez, Edward Fayton, Justin Hogg, Tom Farrell, John Lurie, Jeni Vici, Sally Norvell, Sharon Menzel, The Mydolls, Sam Shepard, Brandy Tipton, Wim Wenders
• Director: Wim Wenders
• Runtime: 2:25
• Company: Road Movies Filmproduktion, Argos films
• Media Format: Movie