Paris, Texas Friday, September 6, 2024 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
From Wim Wenders and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard, Paris, Texas follows a mysterious, nearly mute drifter (Harry Dean Stanton) living with his brother (Dean Stockwell) in Los Angeles, and trying to reconnect with his young son while searching for his missing wife (Nastassja Kinski). 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 landscape of canyons and neon.
Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation.
Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; L'Alliance Française de Houston; and ILEX Foundation.
Paris, Texas
Directed by Wim Wenders
(France, 1984, 147 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, 4K digital restoration