S02E14: Paris, Texas (1984)

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English - March 06, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 123 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Shane is joined by Sam Baws for a surprisingly tender road trip across the US. Harry Dean Stanton stars as a man trying to reconcile the destructive effects of his past mistakes in Wim Wender's visually striking 'Paris, Texas' from 1984.

Notes:

Info on Paris Texas: https://wimwendersstiftung.de/en/film/paris-texas-en/

NY Times period review: https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/14/movies/paris-texas-from-wim-wenders.html

Article on Wenders' Stills Photography: https://www.vogue.com/article/paris-texas-film-wim-wenders-photographs