New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (Perfect Days, Wings of Desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a richly, evocative and 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 Sam 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.
This is a new 4K restoration c/o Curzon. The original 35mm negative was scanned in 4K at L’Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, with financial support by the CNC. Restoring and color-correction took place at Basis Berlin Postproduktion, with the support of Chanel and the German Film Heritage Funding Program (FFE).