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Something like a perfect artistic union is achieved in the major components of Paris, Texas: the twang of Ry Cooder's guitar, the lonely light of Robbie Muller's camera, the craggy landscape of Harry Dean Stanton's face. In his greatest role, longtime character actor Stanton plays a man brought back to his old life after wandering in the desert (or somewhere) for four years. He has a 7-year-old son to get to know, and his wife has gone missing. The material is much in the wanderlust spirit of director Wim Wenders, working from a script by Sam Shepard and L.M. Kit Carson. If the long climactic conversation between Stanton and Nastassja Kinski renders the movie uneven and slightly inscrutable, it's hard to think of a more fitting ending--and besides, the achingly empty American spaces stick longer in the memory than the dialogue. Winner of the top prize at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. --Robert Horton
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Harry Dean Stanton stars as Travis Clay Henderson, an errant husband who reappears in the middle of an American desert after an absence of four years. His brother (Dean Stockwell) picks him up and Travis slowly begins to retrace the paths of his old life, getting to know his seven-year-old son Hunter, and going in search of his ex-wife Jane (Nastassja Kinski), who is now working in a peepshow. Directed by Wim Wenders from a screenplay by Sam Shepard, and featuring a soundtrack by Ry Cooder.
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Possibly the best dvd release so far of the gorgeous Paris, Texas. The 16:9 anamorphic picture looks great on a widescreen TV. Theres a directors commentary, deleted scenes also with a commentary, home movies and Cannes film festival footage. So a sizeable and strong extras package. There's also a gorgeous 24 booklet include printed on heaystock paper throughout - it's really well designed with good photos and (previously printed) articles. There's even a Sam Shepherd short story! It does say the booklet is limited edition and is well worth having so do make note! An excellant releae from Axiom Films who'll I'll be keeping an eye out for!
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By South Londoner
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Format:DVD
What an impressive film! Every frame is a carefully positioned artwork! The colours are unearthly and fantastic! Ry Cooders haunting score rolls around in your head, like a tumbleweed, for days after you see this movie... At over 2 hours though, one needs to be in the right frame of mind to approach this film. The plot is slow, and simple, but the beauty is in the way it depicts our painful human existence and the mistakes we make along the way.
Now when are we going to get other Wim Wenders classics like 'Faraway, So Close' on region 2 dvd?
Now when are we going to get other Wim Wenders classics like 'Faraway, So Close' on region 2 dvd?
39 of 45 people found the following review helpful
By Mark Hurst
Format:DVD
I first saw this movie in 1985 at The Screen on Baker Street, and I still remember that the soundtrack was turned up painfully loud. Nevertheless, I loved the movie and I have watched it countless times since on VHS. Strange, then, to find that the long-awaited DVD issue also has major problems with the soundtrack. Nevertheless, whilst my first instinct was to send this the way of the broken R2 Blade Runner DVD (i.e. back to the shop), I persevered and decided to keep the disc after all.
Specifically, then. My ecstasy at finding a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack on the DVD was short-lived because, despite Ry Cooder's beautiful stereo backing to the menus, the original soundtrack has NOT been remixed from the original recording. It looks like a quieter version of the existing soundtrack has merely been piped out of the rear speakers, drawing us a little bit further into the experience. HOWEVER, none of this even matters because the movie is unwatchable with the Dolby Digital soundtrack because the lipsync is completely broken.
Thankfully, there is a workaround: the Dolby Stereo soundtrack DOES lipsync correctly and hence redeems what would otherwise have been an outrageous, not to say extremely disappointing, fiasco. Luckily the only other significant flaw - a vertical yellow line at the left-hand side of the image during the opening desert scene - disappears after a few minutes. I assume this was a flaw in the print, although it seems odd that it couldn't have been corrected digitally. The strange green colour casts in several interior and night scenes looked odd at first, but the director's commentary explained that these were deliberate and I can only assume that the VHS release to which I'd gotten used had been colour-corrected to some degree.
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By Coastal J
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is specifically a review of the blu ray release from Axiom Films. The transfer presented here is the one of the best I have seen of a 1980's film released in the UK as yet. The colour saturation throughout is terrific while the 5.1 master soundtrack featuring Ry Cooder's magnificent score has never sounded better or clearer. On top of that, there are plenty of extras, and a very nice booklet. Axiom also deserve credit for a beautifully designed sleeve that fans of the film will be thrilled with - and all this in a slimline case as well, which I personally prefer. Altogether a very classy release - more please Axiom! Region B-locked.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you have arrived here, well you know who Wim Wendres is and what about his great film "Paris, Texas".
Some additional information: no subtitles available, except the HOH English ones and no more "gorgeous 24 booklet" ...
Some additional information: no subtitles available, except the HOH English ones and no more "gorgeous 24 booklet" ...
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
These words do not even begin to describe this film.
It it one that stays with you, one that you think about long after it has finished.
The photography from Robby Muller is beautiful.
The music from Ry Cooder is perfect, and has spawned countless imitations.
The performances of Harry Dean Stanton, Natassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Hunter Carson and Aurore Clement are faultless.
The script, from Sam Shephard and L M Kit Carson, is a meandering journey through cities and landscapes and lives.
But above all, it is the faultless direction from Wim Wenders that makes this film so special. We find here a director at the height of his powers, creating a film specific in its time and place, yet universal in its resonance.
This film was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984. Watch it, and see why.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film totally blew me away when first I saw it. It's so beautiful, melancholy, and intense.
The acting is uniformly brilliant, by all concerned: Harry Dean Stanton is fantastic as the taciturn and troubled Travis, whilst Dean Stockwell and Aurore Clément are great as the more normal, decent and caring couple, Walt and Anne Henderson, with Hunter Carson as the adorable little Hunter Henderson. Nastassja Kinski is suitably mesmerising as the elusive and errant Jane.
Wenders' cinematographer Robby Müller is a genius with a camera, and would later help Jim Jarmusch create cinematic magic on films such as Down By Law and Mystery Train. This film is starkly beautiful. The slow moving moodiness, enhanced by a superbly bleak bottleneck slide guitar soundtrack by Ry Cooder, gives the movie a unique and very powerful feel.
Personally I can't praise this film highly enough, it's right up there for me, amongst my all time favourites. It's not every day watching by any means. But if you like your films to have the intensity and power of great art, then this might well be for you.
The acting is uniformly brilliant, by all concerned: Harry Dean Stanton is fantastic as the taciturn and troubled Travis, whilst Dean Stockwell and Aurore Clément are great as the more normal, decent and caring couple, Walt and Anne Henderson, with Hunter Carson as the adorable little Hunter Henderson. Nastassja Kinski is suitably mesmerising as the elusive and errant Jane.
Wenders' cinematographer Robby Müller is a genius with a camera, and would later help Jim Jarmusch create cinematic magic on films such as Down By Law and Mystery Train. This film is starkly beautiful. The slow moving moodiness, enhanced by a superbly bleak bottleneck slide guitar soundtrack by Ry Cooder, gives the movie a unique and very powerful feel.
Personally I can't praise this film highly enough, it's right up there for me, amongst my all time favourites. It's not every day watching by any means. But if you like your films to have the intensity and power of great art, then this might well be for you.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
a very intrigueing film.
the story is about a man who walks out of the texas desert,and thats when you want to know why and where from?,
Published 18 days ago by Mr. P. A. harris
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ending is worth the 100 minute wait
Travis Henderson (Harry Dean Stanton) walks out of the South Texas desert landscape and into a ramshackle saloon bar where he collapses. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Throda tzen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Masterpiece
I already have the earlier DVD release of this film but ordered this one on the off chance that, being a later release, and although the Product Details make no mention of them, it... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Johnny D
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant to me at least
I thought this unusual film was brilliant but lent it to a friend who did not like it so it's all down to taste. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Alan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stunning on blu-ray
The picture and sound (via a home theatre surround system, which is a must to appreciate the sublime Ry Cooder soundtrack) presented here for this almost 30 year old film blew me... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Darren Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gorgeous.
I'd never seen this film before and bought it on impulse. Was very pleasantly surprised. It's a lovely, slow burning film. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. R. V. Ennis
4.0 out of 5 stars
Really great movie
A great drive through the American landscape (from Texas to L.A.) although not really a road-movie. It invoklves you and make you think. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Enrico
5.0 out of 5 stars
beauty and the bleak at a bargain price!
I have wanted this film on DVD ever since I first saw it, so when I came across a used copy on amazon it was a "must have". Read more
Published 19 months ago by klieglite
1.0 out of 5 stars
LET ME STROKE MY CHIN
Blimey i just wasted two and a half hours of my life.For what?Wim "The Most Pretentious Director Of All Time"Wenders.What is it with this guy? Read more
Published 21 months ago by mister joe
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful Cinematography & Musical Score.......
"Paris, Texas" is an intoxicatingly beautiful film, showcasing awesome cinematography and, in Ry Cooder's hauntingly evocative creation , one of the finest ever musical... Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2011 by Book Mark
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