Paris, Texas

Showings

Coral Gables Art Cinema Wed, Dec 11 9:30 PM
Film Info
Country:France
Germany
United Kingdom
Release Year:1984
Runtime:147
Director:Wim Wenders
Rating:R
Language:English

Description

New 4K Restoration / 40th Anniversary!

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.  

Newly restored in 4K for its 40th anniversary.