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Movie Details |
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Language |
English |
Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
Country |
USA |
Color |
Color |
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Plot |
Something like a perfect artistic union is achieved in the major components of Paris, Texas: the twang of Ry Cooder's guitar, the lonely light of Robbie Muller's camera, the craggy landscape of Harry Dean Stanton's face. In his greatest role, longtime character actor Stanton plays a man brought back to his old life after wandering in the desert (or somewhere) for four years. He has a 7-year-old son to get to know, and his wife has gone missing. The material is much in the wanderlust spirit of director Wim Wenders, working from a script by Sam Shepard and L.M. Kit Carson. If the long climactic conversation between Stanton and Nastassja Kinski renders the movie uneven and slightly inscrutable, it's hard to think of a more fitting ending--and besides, the achingly empty American spaces stick longer in the memory than the dialogue. Winner of the top prize at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. --Robert Horton |
Personal Details |
Seen It |
Yes |
Index |
1781 |
Collection Status |
In Collection |
Links |
Amazon US
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Product Details |
Format |
DVD |
Region |
Region 1 |
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024543130741 |
Release Date |
12/14/2004 |
Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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