Rating of
3/4
The film of the 80's
Ibetolis - wrote on 06/14/08
A truly beautiful film charting the loss, alienation, isolation of Travis, who we first see walking the desert with scraggy beard and dead eyes, and his slow redemption. This film is about loss, forgiveness and redemption, told with searing honesty and with nuanced light touches throughout, Wenders delivers one of his most memorable and commercial films. Winner of the Palme d'or in 1984, Paris, Texas represents a seminal moment in Wenders career, with music from Ry Cooder and a script by Sam Shepard, everything blends together to make a deeply personal and touching film.
A simple story about one man's attempt to re-unite his separated family, Paris, Texas lulls it's viewer in to submission with one gorgeous scene after another (if you don't cry, or least choke-up, at the scene where Travis and Jane meet again then I worry for you), before finally ending with a genuine and heart felt self-sacrifice. For any lover of cinema, this is a must.
