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Paris, Texas: 40th Anniversary

Fri Dec 20 and Sat Dec 28
Don’t miss this beautiful restoration of Wim Wenders’ iconic film starring Harry Dean Stanton and written by Sam Shepard.
Fri Dec 20
and
Sat Dec 28

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. 

Director
Wim Wenders
Duration
145 min
Year
1984
Country
Germany