
Robin Holland on the Set of Paris, Texas
January 08, 2018
We remember the late portrait photographer Robin Holland with two images she took on the set of Paris, Texas. Read more »
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.
Travis | Harry Dean Stanton |
Walt | Dean Stockwell |
Jane | Nastassja Kinski |
Hunter | Hunter Carson |
Anne | Aurore Clément |
Dr. Ulmer | Bernhard Wicki |
Director | Wim Wenders |
Producer | Don Guest |
Written by | Sam Shepard |
Adaptation by | L. M. Kit Carson |
Executive producer | Chris Sievernich |
Music | Ry Cooder |
Director of photography | Robby Müller |
Editing | Peter Przygodda |
Art director | Kate Altman |
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION
January 08, 2018
We remember the late portrait photographer Robin Holland with two images she took on the set of Paris, Texas. Read more »
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We remember the late portrait photographer Robin Holland with two images she took on the set of Paris, Texas. Read more »
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