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	Paris, Texas (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paris, Texas (1984) is a movie directed by Wim Wenders and is probably his most well-known and critically acclaimed work (in the English speaking world, at least).
		The film stars Harry Dean Stanton as Travis, an amnesiac who has been lost for four years and is taken in by his brother (played by Dean Stockwell).
		Paris, Texas is notable for stunning cinematography of the Texan landscape.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paris,_Texas_(movie) (392 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Paris, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Paris, Texas has been conspicuously absent on DVD ever since the debut of the format, but Fox has finally made up for their previous omission with a new authoritative edition of to this essential film.
		Paris, Texas is first and foremost a dialogue driven film, but the included 5.1 soundtrack is rich and alive, highlighting Cooder's score.
		Paris, Texas is free to go, and may wander the vastness of the desert for as long as it wants.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/paristexas.php (1287 words)

	kamera.co.uk - film review - Paris, Texas directed by Director: Wim Wenders - reviewed by Andy ...
		The film was regarded even at its release as a work of American cinema, just as much as it was viewed as the work of a European film-maker.
		Paris, Texas succeeds ultimately because Wenders was acutely aware of the need to focus on the human elements of his story, setting them firmly within context but without distracting from the emotional core of the story.
		Paris, Texas is not a famous capital city with centuries of life behind it, but a strip of scrubland in the middle of nowhere, with no past to define it and only a name on a deed of ownership to mark it out from the desert to which it once belonged.
	www.kamera.co.uk /reviews_extra/paris_texas.php (1466 words)

	Review - Paris, Texas (1984) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Directed by alternative film stalwart Wim Wenders (The End of Violence, Buena Vista Social Club), written by Sam Shepard (The Pelican Brief, Snow Falling on Cedars) and featuring an acoustic guitar-based soundtrack by Ry Cooder (Last Man Standing, Primary Colors), "Paris, Texas" is pandering and overly pretentious.
		As a result of its dawdling pace, "Paris, Texas" feels incredibly empty; there are too many scenes where basically nothing seems to happen.
		I guess this film is a good example that you can't assume that a film bestowed with the highest award at a film festival is the pinnacle of cinematic excellence.
	www.cinetalk.org /review_paris_texas.htm (616 words)

	Paris, Texas
		Paris, Texas (1984) is a joint German-French film directed by Wim Winders and written by Winders and Sam Shepard.
		Films rated below five are generally awful even if you like that kind of film - this score is roughly equivalent to one and a half stars from the critics or a D on our scale.
		Any film rated C- or better is recommended for fans of that type of film.
	www.fakes.net /paristexas.htm (709 words)

	Paris, Texas deservedly wins Cannes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Paris, Texas, winner of the Golden Palm at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, is a psychological drama.
		In a symbolic interplay between actors and surroundings, the background of the scenes reflects their emotional content, whether it be the vast, vague space of rural Texas or the restless confinement of a Californian suburb haunted by the noise of a nearby airport.
		Paris, Texas is the best new film I have seen in a long time; and those who wouldn't agree with me in this respect might still judge it well worth its time and price.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V105/N1/wender.1a.html (578 words)

	notcoming.com \| Paris, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		There is mention of harm and conflict in the film, but it is only described in monologue; we witness the repercussions of violence and not its source.
		Paris, Texas uses the familiar thematic construct of the Western, and updates it with a contemporary setting.
		This revision is acknowledged subtly, as the film is conducted in somber nostalgia.
	www.notcoming.com /reviews/paristexas.html (770 words)

	DVD.net : Paris, Texas - DVD Review
		Gaining huge acclaim from critics, the grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival and a merciless bagging from the anti-Wenders camp, Paris, Texas is, 17 years later, still the film that most people identify with the artist that is Wim Wenders.
		As the film opens, a man (Harry Dean Stanton, in one of the finest performances of his career) is wandering through the desert, putting one foot in front of another with a kind of grim determination to get somewhere — but exactly where we do not know, and neither, it seems, does he.
		Subtle, observant and exceptionally stylish, Paris, Texas is a landmark moment in the career of one of the most fascinating directors of the late 20th century.
	www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=886 (1509 words)

	Paris, Texas / Wim Wenders - The Official Site
		aris, Texas is probably Wim Wenders' most well known, critically acclaimed, and successful movie, winning a number of international prizes including the Cannes Palme D'Or for Best Film in 1984.
		As virtual strangers, Hunter and Travis begin to build a wary friendship and conspire to find Jane and bring her back to be a real family.
		With extraordinary performances from Harry Dean Stanton as Travis and Natassja Kinski as Jane, the film also boasts a soundtrack by Ry Cooder, ideally suited to the film's sun-bleached landscapes and melancholy undertones.
	www.wim-wenders.com /movies/movies_spec/paristexas/paris_texas.htm (301 words)

	channel4.com/film - Paris, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Since much of the film was shot in chronological order there came a point where no one had any idea what was going to happen next, hence the extended middle section in which nothing much happens.
		Engaging, informative and entertaining, this is valuable addition that contributes greatly to the film.
		The result is a poignant mini-movie, as effective and affecting as anything in the film itself.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film_dvd.jsp?id=106921 (305 words)

	Movie Review of Paris, Texas
		The German doctor in the film is emblematic of the deracinated beings that appear throughout the movie--people who have cut their lives off at the root, and moved on.
		Similarly, in Paris, Texas, it is only after Travis lets go of his past, and goes through a liminal experience (his journey through the desert), that he can begin to repair the threads of his tattered existence.
		Travis seems irresistibly drawn to Paris, Texas because it is a remnant of a perfect place and a life in which good things happened.
	www.guidetocinema.com /paris.html (1551 words)

	Paris, Texas (1984) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Trivia: Composer Ry Cooder recreated blues guitarist Blind Willie Johnson's 1927 tune "Dark Was the Night" as the centerpiece of his Paris, Texas (1984) soundtrack.
		I have never seen a film before or since that presents the extremes of love, pain, and loss with such immediacy and ruthless candor.
		Perhaps each person person has a film -- usually a masterpiece -- which affects him or her so strongly that it is beyond description.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0087884 (404 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Paris, Texas [1984]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		So it is with 'Paris, Texas', where the remarkable vista shots give some sense of the awe and wonder the average European must feel when confronted with this vast American landscape.
		The last part of the film was unscripted and tends to drag a bit, but Stanton's understated performance keeps you glued to the screen as the story unfolds.
		He also does away with easy sentiment, although the film's characters make use of enough preganant glances to whip any potential viwer into an irate frenzy and the films pacing is slow enough in its cadences to lull even the most stalwart viewer into a state of pure acquescense.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006HCOP (890 words)

	Paris, Texas (1984)
		I used to think that the film must be something special to deserve a soundtrack like that, and I'm happy to report that it is.
		The last half of the film is about father and son driving to Houston in search of Jane.
		Given that the original film release was in mono, I was surprised to find that the audio track is definitely in stereo, although the stereo is mostly only noticeable in the background music.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=504 (1268 words)

	www.myspace.com/paristexasrock
		paris texas does not tell you what they sound like.
		paris texas has currently taken up residency in the city of milwaukee.
		i got a free 764-hero button at a show once cause i was wearing a paris texas button that i made.
	www.myspace.com /paristexasrock (575 words)

	MovieMartyr.com - Paris, Texas
		As the film opens, we watch an unnamed man (Harry Dean Stanton) in blue jeans wandering out of the expansive desert and back into civilization.
		Paris, Texas is the way that it so thoroughly demonstrates how one can regress to a point where direct communication becomes impossible.
		Paris, Texas’ opening shots, the film promises a potential escape from the heartache, baggage and claustrophobia of the modern world.
	www.moviemartyr.com /1984/paristexas.htm (449 words)

	Rotten Tomatoes Forums - Paris Texas - A Surprisingly Great Film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Then as the Stanton character began to talk I became interested in him, what he had to say and the reason he was walking through the desert.
		Paris, Texas is a powerful film about love, lonliness, regret and loss, Harry Dean Stanton's performance is a miracle of subtlety, he says very little but we are somehow able to see into his mind.
		This is one of the few films where each character is realized and the performances are all top-notch.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=371532 (377 words)

	Movie Review - Paris, Texas - eFilmCritic
		This film was Wim Wenders big debut on the directorial scene and it was as original as anything you're likely to see.
		Paris, Texas is a masterpiece about the inability of humans to communicate.
		To say anything more about Paris, Texas would be pointless, as this film can't be aptly explained.
	efilmcritic.com /review.php?movie=1263&reviewer=1 (329 words)

	: Paris, Texas - DVD film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Something like a perfect artistic union is achieved in the major components of Paris, Texas: the twang of Ry Cooder's guitar, the lonely light of Robbie Muller's camera, the craggy landscape of Harry Dean Stanton's face.
		This music, from the LP Paris, Texas, which filled the boat's space, was hitting the right spot.
		Somewhere in my head it was nagging that there was a film too.
	www.totaltiorden.dk /shop/dvd_details.php/B0002XL35G\|dvd (675 words)

	Paris, Texas Filming Locations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Then I watched the movie and discovered that Paris is the Godot of film locations: lots of anticipation, but it doesn't turn up.
		It was totally destroyed by fire, and rebuilt in the twenties, since when itís largely been unchanged.
		Paris capitalises on its exotic European name, though with only the most tenuous grasp of the idiom.
	www.movie-locations.com /movies/p/paris.html (207 words)

	Amazon.com: Paris, Texas: DVD: Harry Dean Stanton,Sam Berry,Bernhard Wicki,Dean Stockwell,Aurore Clément,Claresie ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Paris, Texas is a straight forward story, yet mystifying as it discloses very little for the audience.
		The title is a perfect representation of this point; it's the town where Travis, played by Harry Dean Stanton in probably his best role on screen, was conceived and where his father said his mother was from, without giving the name of the state, only the town.
		Travis has the same problem; he's the real focus of the film and around him the Texas twilight casts long, sad shadows that glisten with hope, brilliant colors, and soon to be approaching night.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002XL35G?v=glance (1682 words)

	Changing Lanes - Music from the Movies
		The films' score, by David Arnold, is a running commentary on the action, an electronic background to the plotting and violence that unfolds on the screen.
		While the album is split into 26 tracks the sleeve notes bill the score as one cue wonder and indeed the score is virtually continuous, slipping seamlessly from one synthesised cue to another.
		Changing Lanes is a score that work well in the film, but is hard going away from the celluloid.
	www.musicfromthemovies.com /review.asp?letter=p&ur=y&offset=10&ID=2537 (1027 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Paris Texas: Original Soundtrack [Soundtrack]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		To capture the emotion of story set against the relentless heat and arid landscape of Texas, Wenders chose not a Hollywood film composer, but the celebrated folk and blues musician, Ry Cooder.
		Far removed from conventional film music, this is a quietly haunting score, which alongside Cooder's The Long Riders and Last Man Standing, shows just how effective an imaginatively different approach to movie music can be.
		'Paris, Texas' is my favourite film and I just had to buy this CD and it still sends tingles up my spine in place.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002L7L (895 words)

	Paris, Texas CD
		Ry Cooder is one of the great American film composers of his generation.
		The guitarist's work is always distinctive and insightful, and his score to Wim Wender's acclaimed PARIS, TEXAS is one of his finest.
		All 10 tracks on this soundtrack are beautiful yet eerie, capturing the lonely scenario of wandering lost through small Texas towns and along desert highways.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/1100035/a/Paris,+Texas.htm (345 words)

	Paris, Texas Film Review - Time Out Film
		A man in a red baseball cap comes stumbling over the Mexican border and into the Texan desert, mute, bowed but driven by an obsessive quest.
		Wenders once more finds himself on the borders of experience, finally achieving an unprecedented declaration of the heart, even if man and wife can only perceive each other through a glass darkly.
		Wenders' collaboration with writer Sam Shepard is a master-stroke, wholly beneficial to both talents; if Wenders' previous film, The State of Things, was on the very limits of possibility, this one, through its final scenes, pushes the frontier three steps forward into new and sublime territory.
	www.timeout.com /film/70782.html (225 words)

	Paris, Texas Movie: Paris, Texas DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		Paris, Texas Movie: Paris, Texas DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984, Wim Wenders's PARIS, TEXAS tells the haunting story of an amnesiac (Harry Dean Stanton) and his struggle to rebuild his shattered life.
		Featuring a story by Sam Shepard and a renowned score by Ry Cooder, the film also stars Nastassja Kinski and Dean Stockwell.
	www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/024543130741IE (122 words)

	kamera.co.uk - film review, Paris, Texas
		German director Wim Wenders, who has made a series of powerful films about alienation and the loneliness of the soul, has never made a more profound yet more traditional narrative than this one.
		was still the most sophisticated, beautifully executed and important film of 1984.
		Wim Wenders' film is one of the great half dozen movies of the last 30 years.
	www.kamera.co.uk /reviews/paristexas.html (386 words)

	kamera.co.uk - contributor credits
		He has an MA in film and television studies from the University of Westminster in London and is a video practitioner whose work has been shown widely in festivals in Europe, US and Brazil.
		He thinks writing about films is a daft way to spend your time, but is no longer fit for anything else.
		A budding film extra, she has contributed to British Horror Cinema and The BFI Companion to Horror, as well as writing extensively about horror films in Fangoria, Shivers, Redeemer, Flesh and Blood, Eyeball and Videoworld magazines.
	www.kamera.co.uk /credits.html (1481 words)

	CCCP Film Info: Paris, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This spellbinding study of isolation and reconciliation is Wim Wenders’ best known and most highly regarded of his corpus of work, films that include Buena Vista Social Club and The Million Dollar Hotel.
		A genuinely touching and moving film, Wenders carefully fashions a delicate portrait of loss and redemption with outstanding performances from Kinski and Stockwell.
		However it is the portrayal of Travis, the returning father and husband, by Dean Stanton that makes this film a true treasure.
	www.srcf.ucam.org /cccp/info.php?id=93&p=1 (88 words)

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