Paris, Texas

Film classic with an experience

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Cinecitta presents film classics with an experience: Paris, Texas – Thursday, November 21 at 9:00 PM (DUTCH SUBTITLES)

Every month, Cinecitta hosts film specials fully styled in the spirit of a classic movie. You buy a ticket, and we provide a matching snack and drink, creating an immersive experience inspired by the film.

To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Wim Wenders winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes for Paris, Texas, we’ll be screening this classic – in a stunning new 4K restoration – on November 21 at Cinecitta as part of our immersive film classic series. This timeless masterpiece by Wim Wenders, featuring a beautiful score by Ry Cooder, tells the dramatic story of a man who lost everything and is striving to make amends.

About Paris, Texas

Paris, Texas is a beautifully acted and filmed road movie in which Travis Henderson (Harry Dean Stanton, whose face alone is a landscape) returns from the desert after four years of absence to find his eight-year-old son Hunter, and together they set off to search for Jane, Travis’s young wife (Nastassja Kinski). Their journey takes them past gas stations, motels, and small towns along the highway, where Travis and Hunter get to know each other “on the road,” determined to find their share of the happiness promised by the American Dream.

Director Wenders remarked, “We simply set out and observed—like Travis, who starts walking, waiting until he meets someone. Just observing, without seeking out familiar film images.” The visuals captured by Robby Müller are stunning. Wenders received a BAFTA and a Palme d’Or, among other awards, for his film.

Thursday, November 21st Tickets
20:15 – 21:00 – Entrance including a snack and drink from the film
21:00 – 22.38 – Screening of Paris, Texas

Wim Wenders Retrospective

Following the screening of the immersive film classic, four more films by one of the great pioneers of New German Cinema will be shown throughout November and all of December (Wings of Desire, Anselm, Buena Vista Social Club, and The American Friend)..

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