Paris, Texas (1984)

Réalisateur:

Wim Wenders

Scénaristes:

L.M. Kit Carson (adaptation)
Sam Shepard (written by)

Date de sortie:

9 novembre 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Accroche:

A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.

Intrigue:

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his...

Plot Keywords:

Desert | Paris Texas | Reunion | Amnesia | German American

Récompenses:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 14 wins & 5 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Starring: the landscape...

Ensemble

Harry Dean Stanton	...	Travis Henderson
Sam Berry	...	Gas Station Attendant
Bernhard Wicki	...	Doctor Ulmer
Dean Stockwell	...	Walt Henderson
Aurore Clément	...	Anne Henderson (as Aurore Clement)
Claresie Mobley	...	Car Rental Clerk
Hunter Carson	...	Hunter Henderson
Viva	...	Woman on TV (as Viva Auder)
Socorro Valdez	...	Carmelita
Edward Fayton	...	Hunter's Friend
Justin Hogg	...	Hunter - Age 3
Nastassja Kinski	...	Jane Henderson
Tom Farrell	...	Screaming Man
John Lurie	...	Slater
Jeni Vici	...	Stretch
Sally Norvell	...	Nurse Bibs
Sharon Menzel	...	Comedienne
The Mydolls	...	Rehearsing Band
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Sam Shepard	...	(unconfirmed)
Brandy Tipton	...	Hunter's Girlfriend (scenes deleted)

Réalisé par
Wim Wenders

Scénaristes
L.M. Kit Carson		(adaptation)
Sam Shepard		(written by)

Produit par
Anatole Dauman	....	producer
Pascale Dauman	....	associate producer
Don Guest	....	producer
Chris Sievernich	....	executive producer

Musique originale
Ry Cooder

Image
Robby Müller		(director of photography)

Montage
Peter Przygodda

Distribution des rôles
Gary Chason

Direction artistique
Kate Altman

Création des costumes
Birgitta Bjerke

Maquillage
Karoly Balazs	....	hair stylist (as Charles Balazs)
Karoly Balazs	....	makeup artist (as Charles Balazs)

Directeur de production
Udo Heiland	....	post-production manager
Karen Koch	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Claire Denis	....	assistant director
Michael Helfand	....	trainee assistant director

Département Art
Lorrie Brown	....	assistant art director
Kimberly Buckley	....	property master (as Kim Buckley)
Craig Busch	....	assistant props: Texas
Anne Kuljian	....	set decorator: Los Angeles

Technicien du son
Dominique Auvray	....	sound editor
Douglas Axtell	....	boom operator
Hartmut Eichgrün	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lothar Mankewitz	....	sound processor
Jean-Paul Mugel	....	sound mixer (as Jean Paul Mugel)

Caméra et Département Electrique
Arthur Blum	....	best boy grip
Robert K. Feldmann	....	key grip (as Robert Feldman)
Kevin Galbraith	....	electrician
Greg Gardiner	....	gaffer
Agnès Godard	....	first assistant camera
Scott Guthrie	....	best boy electric
Robin Holland	....	still photographer
Martin Schäfer	....	camera operator: additional photography, second unit
Pim Tjujerman	....	first assistant camera

Département Casting
Sheila Possner	....	casting coordinator: Los Angeles

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Roberta Elkins	....	wardrobe assistant: Texas

Dpartement Editorial
Anne Schnee	....	assistant editor
Joachim von Mengershausen	....	commissioning editor: WDR (as J. Von Mengershausen)

Département Transport
Homer Albin	....	driver
Lynn Brisbin	....	driver
Al Cantu	....	driver
Charles Griffith	....	driver (as Charlie Griffith)
Carl Johnson	....	driver
Tom Kelton	....	driver
Richard Padgett	....	driver
B.C. Smith	....	driver

Divers
Allison Anders	....	production assistant
Helen Caldwell	....	script supervisor
Walter Donohue	....	story editor: Channel 4
Susan Elkins	....	location manager: Texas
Sarah Fitzsimmons	....	office coordinator: New York
Scott Kirby	....	production assistant
Patric Kreuzer	....	production assistant
Dean Lent	....	production assistant
Barbara Lucey	....	accountant
Dianne Mapp-Cheek	....	production coordinator (as Dianne Lisa Cheek)
Sherry McBride	....	caterer: Texas
Bonna Newman	....	production assistant
Lilyan Sievernich	....	office coordinator: New York
James Thompson	....	location manager: Los Angeles (as Jim Thompson)
Susanna Virtanen	....	post-production office

Merci
Lotte Eisner	....	dedicatee (as Lotte H. Eisner)
Barbara von Weitershausen	....	thanks

Companies de production

• Road Movies Filmproduktion
• Argos Films
• Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (in association with)
• Channel Four Films (in association with)
• Pro-ject Filmproduktion (in association with)

Distributeurs

• Argos Films (1984) (France) (theatrical)
• ELKE (1984) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1984) (USA) (theatrical)
• Tobis (1984) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Lii-Filmi (1984) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Primer Plano Film Group (1999) (Argentina) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Sandrew Film & Teater (1984) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (UK) (2002) (UK) (DVD)
• Axiom Films (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Look Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Madman Entertainment (2001) (Australia) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2004) (New Zealand) (all media)
• Palace Video (1984) (UK) (VHS)
• Palace Video (1984) (UK) (video) (Betamax)
• Palace Video (1984) (UK) (video) (video 2000)
• Ripley's Home Video (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• SBP (1999) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-release)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Sandrews (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• T:mi Pekka Pietislä (19??) (Finland) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1989) (Finland) (TV)
• marketing-film

Autres Companies

• Warner Bros. Records  soundtrack

Autre(s) titre(s):

Motel Chronicles (West Germany) (working title)
Paris, Texas (West Germany)

Durée:

147 min

Pays:

Allemagne de l'ouest | France | UK

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,66 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | UK:12 (DVD rating) (2007) | West Germany:6 | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Norway:12 | Sweden:Btl | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:R | France:U | Portugal:M/12

Lieux de tournage:

10060 Olivia Terrace, Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA

Société:

Road Movies Filmproduktion

Anecdotes:

The restaurant that Travis calls Walt's home from is actually located in Cabazon, CA (not San Bernardino, which is about 45 miles away.) This of course is home to Claude Bell's famous concrete T-Rex and brontosaurus.

Goofs:

Continuité: Travis and his brother check into a small motel on their first night, where we see a dresser with an ugly lamp sitting on top. After Travis runs off, they continue down the road and stay in a larger hotel, where we see the same dresser and light.

Guillemet:

Jane Henderson: I... I used to make long speeches to you after you left. I used to talk to you all the time, even though I was alone. I walked around for months talking to you. Now I don't know what to say. It was easier when I just imagined you. I even imagined you talking back to me...

Connexions De Film:

Références Yentl (1983)

Starring: the landscape...

I felt so tired of all those comments saying how beautiful the photography is or, for those who havent enjoyed the film, how the photography isnt enough to sustain the whole silentness of the first 2/3 of the movie.

It just sounds like a hollow praise for a hollow minded cute, blonde and gorgeous girl. In fact, it is an offense.

For a director that first was inspired by images and then looked for stories to fill them and give them reasons to be released as films (he says this in a book). Wenders achieves his high technical and vision point concerning his way of thinking, not just film but life in this masterpiece.

He had before discussed the production of images and how this affects our way of seeing and perceiving life. But in Paris, Texas the image, the landscapes really becomes a character, not just to give a good photography and make those 2 1/2 hours that the movie lasts oh!!, so beatiful to watch!!, or to make us get in its atmosphere... The landscapes are so important as the words, or actions, between the characters are, it really touches people surrounded by it, it influences some how their personalities. I mean, each photograme tries to bring this relation.

It is beautiful how Wenders can build his caracters personalities, not by the way they think or act, but what impresses them, what visually interests them - like when Travis is watching not the airplane, but its shadow on the ground while it takes off.

After all that, i can just say that the rest of the whole story is made by really beautiful, touching and delicate situations of a man's life trying to reorder the lost pieces from a puzzle.

And, yes, the conversation between Travis and his ex-wife by the last half hour to the end is one of the most touching moments seen on the screen.