Paris. Texas

Both a road movie and a mystery, Paris, Texas features a sublime score by Ry Cooder and stands as a pinnacle of Wim Wenders’ career. Harry Dean Stanton plays Travis Henderson, who walks out of the desert after disappearing for four years and is picked up by his brother Walt (Dean Stockwell) and his wife Anne (Aurore Clément), who have been looking after Travis’ son Hunter (Hunter Carson). A man ill at ease in everyday life, Travis feels the need to search for his ex, Jane (Nastassja Kinski), who left him some years before; in doing so he attempts to bring his family back together, with unexpected results.

Paris, Texas is the summation of Wenders’ fascination with the American West – its landscape and the people who populate it. Stanton’s grizzled face and withheld speech convey a deep dislocation from the modern world, while Ry Cooder’s music — heavily influenced by Blind Willie Johnson’s blues standard ‘Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground’ — and Robby Müller’s stunning cinematography transpose Travis’ emotional and physical journey upon the vast sights and sounds of the American landscape. The script, co-written by L.M. Kit Carson and Sam Shepard, plays with the notion of myth, country and character.

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