Paris, Texas
Director: Wim Wenders Run Time: 145 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1984
Starring: Aurore Clément, Dean Stockwell, Harry Dean Stanton, Hunter Carson, Nastassja Kinski
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 (Stockwell) in Los Angeles, and his missing wife (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. – Janus Films
“A desert flower of a film that invented Americana” –Guy Lodge, Guardian
“True, deep and brilliant” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
“A deeply affecting film about family, separation, loss and a man’s last act of repentance.” – Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times