Paris, Texas

film by Wenders [1984]

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Paris, Texas is a 1984 film directed by Wim Wenders. The film, cowritten by Sam Shepard, is described as a lyrical drama about a man lost in the American Southwest. It achieved international fame and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival. The film's narrative centers on a man who is both physically and spiritually adrift.1

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Ry Cooder
…greatest impact in Wim Wenders’s Paris, Texas (1984), the vast panoramas of which provided the perfect visual counterpoint to Cooder’s moody, reverberating slide guitar.
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…greatest impact in Wim Wenders’s Paris, Texas (1984), the vast panoramas of which provided the perfect visual counterpoint to Cooder’s moody, reverberating slide guitar.
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Wim Wenders
…1984 with the release of Paris, Texas, which was cowritten by Sam Shepard. The lyrical drama about a man in the American Southwest who is physically and spiritually lost won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival. Three years later Wenders received the best-director award at Cannes for the…
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…1984 with the release of Paris, Texas, which was cowritten by Sam Shepard. The lyrical drama about a man in the American Southwest who is physically and spiritually lost won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival. Three years later Wenders received the best-director award at Cannes for the…
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