Paris, Texas
R
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2 hr 28 min
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11/1/1984
NEVADA THEATRE 5/18: The Onyx Downtown presents our Wandering Souls series, a globetrotting cinematic odyssey that highlights the transformative and transcendental nature of the road movie.
New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders 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. The film 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 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.
Tue
25
This movie is shown at the Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad Street, Nevada City. There are no age restrictions at the Nevada Theatre, though not all films are suitable for children.
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- Genre:Drama
- Director:Wim Wenders
- Cast:Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Hunter Carson