The title of the film suggests a meeting between the new andĀ the old world, and Paris, Texas expertly reworks elementsĀ of both classical Hollywood and European art cinema in thisĀ successful collaboration between the German director WimĀ Wenders and the American writer Sam Shepard.Ā
Wenders saw his chance to explore the vast American landscape ā both urban and rural ā in Paris, Texas and used it as the setting for the story of Travis, his lonely and lost protagonist. Brilliantly portrayed by the melancholy character actor Harry Dean Stanton, Travis does not speak for the opening 20 minutes, and is first seen walking alone in the Texan desert. Neither he nor the audience knows where he comes from or where he is going. Gradually we learn that he wishes to see Hunter (Hunter Carson), the son he left some years ago in the care of his brother Walt (Dean Stockwell), and is trying to find his estranged French wife Jane (Nastassja Kinski), hoping, in vain, to put the pieces of his life back together again. He does find his wife and son, only to lose them once again. Wenders, with the help of Ry Cooderās haunting score and Robby MĆ¼llerās stunning camerawork, evokes a poignant world in which communication between people has become complex but not impossible.
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