New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (WINGS OF DESIRE) 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. PARIS, TEXAS 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.
"Wim Wenders’ heartbreaking, profoundly American masterpiece...The climactic scene — set in a peep-show booth — features a stunning autobiographical monologue that’s one of the most mesmerizing pieces of screen acting ever filmed." —Noel Murray, Rolling Stone
"It’s indeed a beautiful film, one that will surely convince doubters that [cinematographer Robby] Müller is one of the cinema’s best cameramen. He gives the story a surface polish that hints of Edward Hopper and Georgia O’Keefe Americana paintings." —Holly Willis, Variety