SAT JAN 13, 2024 7:00 PM PARIS, TEXAS $15.00 (members-only) Egyptian Theatre | Q&A with filmmaker Wim Wenders. Moderated by Jim Hemphill. ‘Wim Wenders: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ Not a Member? Join Today. Already a Member? Be sure you are logged in to your account. Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: Wim Wenders brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in PARIS, TEXAS, a profoundly moving character study written by playwright Sam Shepard. The film 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. FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films COUNTRY: Germany, France