Paris, Texas is probably Wim Wenders' most well-known, critically acclaimed, and successful film, winning a number of international prizes including the Cannes Palme d'Or for Best Film of 1984. This unusual road movie, tells the story of Travis, a man lost in his own private hell. Presumed dead for four years, he reappears from the desert on the Mexico border, world-weary and an amnesiac. A doctor traces his brother Walt who is bringing up Hunter, his seven-year-old son, Travis's ex-wife Jane having abandoned the child at Walt's door several years before. As virtual stangers, Hunter and Travis begin to build a wary friendship and conspire to find Jane and bring her back to be a real family.
The film's wonderfully slow pace and one-to-one dialogues capture the essence of relationships where people have become rather more than strangers to each other. As the story progresses each gradually learns more of the others' recent past and thus attempts to find their place within a new and unexpected context. The soundtrack music by Ry Cooder perfectly expresses the film's sun-bleached landscapes and melancholy undertones.
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