Films/DVD Asylum

Paris, Texas

111.92.97.11

Bill the K

I just saw this 1984 movie. Very touching and weird. Had never heard of this. Raw depiction of separation and grief. Unable to rate it. Felt very sad watching it.

Bill

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RE: Paris, Texas - Awe-d-o-file 13:43:15 07/08/14 (5)
I managed a video store in 1984 at 18th and M in DC and put it on after closing at 6PM. The Ry Cooder blues cover got me at the onset and I sat in the middle of the retail store and watched the whole thing. I'm a Wim Wenders fan. I also have always liked Harry Dean Stanton a lot. It's in my top ten and the soundtrack w/David Lindley is great.

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- I'll vote for Wenders' best film: "Alice in the Cities." nt - tinear 16:10:29 07/09/14 (4)
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  - RE: I'll vote for Wenders' best film: "Alice in the Cities." nt - Bill the K 07:06:18 07/10/14 (3)
    Did you like the other two of the triology as well?
    
    Cheers
    Bill
    - "Wrong Moves:" I liked it pretty well, think it's essential film viewing, - tinear 08:53:46 07/10/14 (2)
      but it's nowhere near the masterwork that Alice clearly is.
      Kings of the Road I liked better.
      Rudiger Vogler is amazing: effortless, intelligent, natural: all the things one looks hard to find in an actor, mostly w/out any success.
      I have to say that Hannah Schygulla, on the other hand, I find terrible. Vacant. She has appeared in so many great films one would expect her to have made a HUGE splash.
      I'm mystified what top directors have seen in her. She is the weak link in Wenders, Tarr, and Fassbinder films.
      Anyhow, I love the road trilogy and can't begin to count the viewings. I'd order them thusly:
      Alice: 10 star.
      Wrong: 7.
      King: 7.5.
      - RE: "Wrong Moves:" I liked it pretty well, think it's essential film viewing, - Bill the K 21:01:32 07/10/14 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: "Wrong Moves:" I liked it pretty well, think it's essential film viewing, posted by tinear on July 10, 2014 at 08:53:46
        
        Thanks for that information. Cant get the DVDs here. There are two World Movies channels on the cable but most movies shown are French and Middle East plus all sorts of Kung Fu. No Netflicks. The new Transformers and the Apes playing in the movie houses.
        
        Cheers
        Bill
        
        I broke down and got an all region DVD player. I don't generally buy DVDs but I got sick - tinear 21:19:09 07/10/14 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: "Wrong Moves:" I liked it pretty well, think it's essential film viewing, posted by Bill the K on July 10, 2014 at 21:01:32
        
        of not being able to see some great films that for some reason just aren't marketed to Americans.

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