PARIS, TEXAS (THE CRITERION COLLECTION) [BLU-RAY]

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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, Sam Berry, Bernhard Wicki, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Claresie Mobley, Hunter Carson, Viva, Socorro Valdez, Edward Fayton, Justin Hogg, Nastassja Kinski, Tom Farrell, John Lurie, Jeni Vici, Sally Norvell, Sharon Menzel, The Mydolls, Brandy Tipton, Wim Wenders, L.M. Kit Carson, Sam Shepard, Walter Donohue
• Director: Wim Wenders
• Runtime: 2:25
• Company: Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA), Argos films, Reverse Angle Library GmBh, Road Movies Filmproduktion GMBH, HanWay Films Limited, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie