A Film of Haunting Beauty
Occasionally, a film comes along that, in its simplicity, captures the character of a landscape as well as the people in it.  Such a movie is "Paris, Texas," German director Wim Wenders' second American film.  His first, "Hammett" (1982), was re-edited by its producer to make it more commercial.  Two years later, Wenders returned to America with European financing and full artistic freedom, and created "Paris, Texas," a road movie of great visual beauty that works on several levels.<br /><br />The story focuses on Travis Henderson (Harry Dean Stanton).  Our first image of the character is a distant shot of him emerging from the Southwestern desert, a scene reminiscent of Omar Sharif on camel in "Lawrence of Arabia" slowly approaching the camera as heat rising from the desert sands gives the scene a mirage-like effect.  Travis wanders into a small Texas town and collapses from exhaustion.  The local doctor contacts Travis' brother Walt (Dean Stockwell) who, with his wife, has been raising Travis' son, Hunter.  Travis goes back to Walt's home in Los Angeles, but remains distant.  Uncomfortable with life in the suburbs, he decides to take his son and go back to Texas to find his former wife and Hunter's mother, Jane (Nastassja Kinski).<br /><br />The movie is technically a road picture, but also explores themes of redemption and restlessness while couching itself in mystery.  We're told that Travis has been lost for five years, but are never clued in as to where he's been.  This gives a mythic aura to the character.  Man on a quest -- a modern day Don Quixote not jousting at windmills but lost in the metaphoric desert.<br /><br />This is the only movie in which Stanton was the star.  He's made quite a career as character actor, but this is his best role.  His rugged face suggests a man who's experienced a hard, unhappy life, and his reticence suggests a Gary Cooper-like Everyman.<br /><br />Wenders lets his images resonate with the viewer rather than editing quickly.  He establishes a slow pace that allows us to see what Travis and the other characters are thinking.  This is not a movie overstuffed with dialogue.  The locations -- flat sun-drenched, wide-open -- capture the beauty of the Southwest.<br /><br />With evocative cinematography by Robby Muller and music by Ry Cooder, "Paris, Texas" is a beautiful looking film with a distinctly American feel.<br />The Criterion Blu-ray edition contains audio commentary by Wim Wenders; "The Road to Paris, Texas," a 43-minute making-of documentary; deleted scenes; and a featurette containing reminiscences by Claire Denis and Allison Anders, the film's first assistant director and production assistant, respectively.
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