German New Wave pioneer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. Paris, Texas follows the efforts of the mysterious, nearly mute drifter Travis (Harry Dean Stanton) to reconnect with his young son, living with his brother (Dean Stockwell) in Los Angeles, and his missing wife (Nastassja Kinski). From this simple setup, 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 world of canyons and neon. Available on Blu-ray Disc January 26, 2010.
1984 • 145 minutes • Color • Surround • English • 1.78:1 aspect ratio
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
• New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Wim Wenders, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Audio commentary featuring Wenders
• Interview with Wenders by German journalist Roger Willemsen
• Excerpts from the 1990 film Motion and Emotion, featuring interviews with Wenders, actor Harry Dean Stanton, composer Ry Cooder, cinematographer Robby Müller, Samuel Fuller, Dennis Hopper, and Peter Falk
• New interviews with filmmakers Allison Anders and Claire Denis
• Cinéma cinémas: “Wim Wenders Hollywood April ’84,†with Wenders and Cooder working on the score
• Deleted scenes and Super 8 home movies
• Gallery of Wenders’s location-scouting photos, from his book Written in the West
• Behind-the-scenes photos by Robin Holland
• Theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Nick Roddick and interviews with Stanton, writer Sam Shepard, and actors Nastassja Kinski and Dean Stockwell
