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Another Country: Outsider Visions of America
August 2 - 14, 2019
Wim Wenders’s emotionally overwhelming, Palme d’Or–winning odyssey stars Harry Dean Stanton as a lonely amnesiac seeking out his estranged wife and son, and Nastassja Kinski giving what might be her finest performance to date.
Wim Wenders’s emotionally overwhelming, Palme d’Or–winning odyssey is a film of oppositions: wispy, home-recorded memories and rock-solid Southwestern landscapes; long stretches of silence and soul-baring monologues; American and European sensibilities. It instantly became a career highlight for almost everyone involved: screenwriter Sam Shepard; composer Ry Cooder; cinematographer Robby Müller; Harry Dean Stanton, whose performance as a lonely amnesiac seeking out his wife and son became his most iconic screen role; and Nastassja Kinski, whose absence, as Stanton’s estranged wife, dictates the movie’s rhythm. When she finally appears, it’s with what might be her finest performance to date, a condensed showcase of all her skill and restraint.
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