Paris, Texas

Pros: Plaintive, atmospheric script; five very strong performances; effective and appealing cinematography; lovely musical soundtrack
Cons: Hollywood-nurtured viewers may find this film too slow-paced or thin on plot

Hollywood often makes films set in locations outside America, in exotic locales or European countries. Such films are almost always shot in English and intended first and foremost for domestic consumption. In doing so, Hollywood applies its distinctly ...

Pros: Wenders' Direction, Shepard's Script, Look, Cinematography, Cooder's Score, & Cast.
Cons: None, Except Might Be Too Slow for Mainstream Audiences.

One of the leaders of the German New Wave, Wim Wenders helped revive the German film industry after the years of World War II by making films about Germany. While his peers contemporary like the controversial and dramatic Rainier Werner Fassbinder and ...

Pros: This is a movie that one is glad to have seen
Cons: This is a movie one hates to watch.

Paris Texas is the type of film that is well loved by people who like films that are like onions, layers and layers and layers of bitter, stinky tissue without a heart. This film rolls and rolls along, always implying that there is a rich human subplot...

Pros: Amazing in every way: Writing, directing, cinematography, editing, performances; great, just great.
Cons: It's flawless. I wouldn't dare find something wrong with it.

A man wanders alone in the desert, then enters a store, and falls down. They contact his brother, and he comes to pick him up. They haven't seen each other in years. The conflict is that this man--Travis--doesn't speak, but slowly he starts speaking, ...

Pros: Subtle, soulful performances; extraordinary photography
Cons: None

Back when Wenders could do no wrong, this was one of his most inspired and understated achievements: a drama conceived with an economy of dialogue that conveyed more emotion through muted restraint than most Hollywood dramas do via tiresome ...