"It is clear-eyed and unsparing, and full of the price our way of life extracts from those who can least afford it emotionally."—Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
"A deeply affecting film about family, separation, loss and a man's last act of repentance."—Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
"I've seldom seen such a potent combination of superior talents."—Derek Malcolm, The Guardian
New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in this profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. Paris, Texas follows the mysterious, nearly mute drifter Travis (a magnificent Harry Dean Stanton, whose face is a landscape all its own) as he tries 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.
