Paris Texas Criterion Poster

His father travis a name that still had sinister resonance eight years after scorsese s taxi driver and played with shell.

Paris texas criterion poster. With harry dean stanton nastassja kinski dean stockwell aurore clément. Directed by wim wenders. 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. Life imitates art in federico fellini s 1963 masterpiece.

Criterion collection edition 501 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. Kit carson and actress karen black. Directed by wim wenders. 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 is a 1984 road movie directed by wim wenders and starring harry dean stanton dean stockwell nastassja kinski and hunter carson the screenplay was written by l. The criterion collection s release of wim wender s paris texas is a cause for celebration. Hunter carson is the heart of the story as their 8 year old son. 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 char.

Kit carson and playwright sam shepard while the musical score was composed by ry cooder the film was a co production between companies in france and west germany and was shot in the united states by robby müller. Official theatrical movie poster 1 of 2 for paris texas 1984. Shot by his long time collaborator robby muller the blu ray format gives the rich colour pallete it s just deserve and further textualizes the narrative of this deeply nuanced tale penned by sam shepard based on his motel chronicles short stories. Watch on criterion paris texas 1984 austrian auteur wim wenders has several films on the criterion channel and rightfully so.

Kinski is still very good and needy. But harry dean is not quite good. Paris texas follows the mysterious nearly mute drifter travis a magnificent harry dean stanton whose face is a landscape all its. Harry dean stanton in paris texas criterion alas it seems stranded now rather becalmed in its pretty photography yet so neglecting its family situation that the picture feels like a complacent dream.