Paris, Texas : last days to (re)watch the film
After winning the International Critics’ Award at the 29th Cannes Film Festival in 1976 for Au fil du temps, Wim Wenders conquered the Cannes Film Festival even more in 1984 with Paris, Texas. In this dramatic way road tripthe German director received three important awards, including the symbolic one Palme d’Or (to this are added the FIPRESCI5 award and the Ecumenical Jury award). Deserved recognition for one of its author’s most important films, of moving poetry. If you’ve never seen it, you still have until May 14th to catch up on Netflix updatesafter what Paris, Texas will leave the streaming platform’s catalogue. Here are several reasons to (re)discover it.
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Between family drama and nostalgic journey
Paris, Texas begins when a man, Travis, walks through the Texas desert. Exhausted and thirsty, he goes to a bar in the middle of nowhere and gets an ice cream to cool off. But the thermal shock is such that he loses consciousness. A strange doctor then takes him in and contacts his brother, Walt, to come get him. An announcement that surprises Walt, given that his brother has been missing for four years. When he finally finds him, he realizes that Travis is disturbed, unable to speak or eat. Wim Wenders then suggests a first road trip between these two brothers which, during the journey back to Los Angeles, will bond again and evoke part of the past. The director films their reconnection with delicacy and modesty. He also captures beautiful shots of the exterior environments and takes the time to reveal to the viewer what it’s all about.

In fact, we discover that Travis disappeared from one day to the next, just like his partner Jane, who left her son Hunter with Walt and his wife, before disappearing herself. In its second part, Paris, Texas so it tends more towards the touching family drama. Because we understand both the couple’s fear of seeing the child they consider theirs leave, as well as Travis’ discomfort in front of his son and the latter’s initial rejection. There is something heartbreaking about seeing this man walk past his son’s school without being able to communicate with him. The performance ofHarry Dean Stanton has a lot to do with that, as does Dean Stockwell, who plays this brother who wants to do his best.
Nastassja Kinski, sublime as always
Opposite them we find the Frenchwoman Aurore Clément (Anne, Walt’s wife) and the young Hunter Carson, very well directed, as well as Nastassja Kinski. Although the latter appears only in the last act (after another car trip, this time between father and son in Houston), her presence is decisive and contributes significantly to the emotion she gives Paris, Texas. It must be said that the actress has always created the slightest shot in which she appears memorable, and here, each of his looks captured by Wim Wenders’ camera is a further shock.

His discussions with Travis, in a cabin, where a one-way mirror separates them, will finally lift the veil on Travis’ four years of disappearance and add a new theme to the film. Because in addition to questioning the relationship between brothers, the father/son relationship and reunions, the film evokes the heartbreak of an obsessive romantic relationshipbefore a conclusion that leaves your eyes wet and your throat tight.
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Source: Cine Serie

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