"Paris, Texas"--Lonely Existence

Taya 2022-07-13 12:44:38

My soul is so far away from me, yet my existence is so real.Paris, Texas actually expresses the same thing as the pianist at sea, that is, the absurdity of existence and the sense of loneliness that has no place and no solution. It seems that the essence of human beings is loneliness, and no one can understand why. The difference is that in 1900, he chose to stay. On the boat, to store his loneliness in the little space where he was born and not let it continue to expand, and Travis' way of grasping existence is to set a destination that does not exist so that he can go on endlessly Going down, using the whole world to dissolve the endless sense of absurdity, is equivalent to exiling yourself in a deserted place, and you can feel as if only your own soul can be felt.

This huge sense of loneliness spreads to the whole world and even overflows. The curtain turns into a silent emotion and enters the audience's mind. For me, the most important thing about a movie is not the narrative or the plot, but its temperament, its light and shadow composition. I have no intention of paying attention to its details and the direction of the story. I just immerse myself in its atmosphere, when all the images become blurred. A wisp of poetry floated toward me, and that was the moment of the movie, and obviously the moment of Paris, Texas.

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  • Raul 2021-12-11 08:01:17

    For the 30th anniversary of the film, there was a theater release, so I took the opportunity to watch it. The first half is really a work of genius, and it has become a bad movie from the time the protagonist takes his son to find his wife. The language of the film is impeccable, and the story is unsatisfactory. It's another inappropriate film with too few three points, too few five points, too many four points. . .

  • Raul 2022-03-22 09:01:49

    # ArchivesPhoto##Wenders Film Festival# In addition to "Berlin Under the Sky", this is probably the most loved one of the wenders films. No matter the visual, musical atmosphere, or the structure and performance, everything is perfect. The escape and search of modern people in the spiritual wasteland actually leaves a lot of space for the audience to reminisce. As the heroine, even though Kinski only appeared in a few scenes at the end, every feature captures her beauty and vulnerability accurately, especially the dialogue between the hero and heroine in the erotic place, which inadvertently hits the hearts of the people. And it is worth mentioning that this is also one of the few movies involving family affection among wenders, and the Palme d'Or deserves its name. ps The male protagonist's younger brother's home in Los Angeles can often see planes, and I feel from the surrounding environment of their home that the Elliott family of "ET Alien" is also nearby~(╯▽╰)

Paris, Texas quotes

  • Walt: I thought you were afraid of heights.

    Travis: I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of fallin'.

  • Walt: We live in the suburbs, but I've got my business in town

    Travis: Oh yeah? What's your business?

    Walt: I make billboard signs for advertising.

    Travis: Oh yeah? So *you*'re the one who makes those signs, I love those. Some of them are beautiful.

    Walt: I'm not the only one who makes them, Trav.