The opening chapter of "Paris, Texas" is a perfect example of both. In a purely external video, a large overhead shot shows Travis walking alone in the desolate desert of Texas. The background music is a few simple guitars, and the eagles hovering in the sky make the loneliness more and more. At this point, the film has entered Travis's aphasia. Language is the main tool for human-to-human communication, and the absence of speech indicates the impossibility of communication. The absence of speech suggests Travis' rejection of the outside world. He faces only his single inner reality.
The older brother found Travis. At this point, the film has entered the main part of the road as the theme. Highways generally carry two completely different psychological modes of behavior in movies: one is to leave, the other is to go home. The first part of the road in the film is the mental model of leaving. The road that extends to infinity symbolizes the exile of Travis' group. The episodes of playing hide-and-seek with his brother again and again, without flying, show that Travis is still immersed in his single inner reality, and he needs more time to learn to get along with people. (At this time, the main character is placed in shades of blue and green.) At the
gas station, Travis tells his brother his first line in the film: "Paris, Paris, Texas. ." This is the dialogue of the whole film, it is the utopia of love that he and Jane built together, but now all this does not exist, what happened between them?
Travis met his son, Xingte, at his brother's house. In getting along with his son, he went from unfamiliar to familiar and familiar to each other. After watching a previous home video, Travis decided to take his son to find Jane. This is also the first time the audience sees Jane.
Father and son embarked on a journey to Houston. At this time, the image of the road becomes home, and laughter fills the picture. Will this be a happy journey?
They accidentally found Jane at the toll booth in Houston, and they followed her to a bar. Travis understood that Jane was no longer the Jane she used to be, and he chose to leave. The next day, he came to this bar alone.
Recognizing husband and wife is the climax of the film, and Wenders has also done enough. In a cramped room in the erotic bar, the couple sat across the glass. Travis could see Jane, but Jane couldn't see Travis. They could only communicate through the receiver. With the help of a thin piece of glass, the two finally had the courage to open up. Travis told Jane the story of their acquaintance, love, and separation. Tears were already streaming down Jane's face. They came together because of love, hurt each other because of love, and finally chose to separate because of love. Now they are also destined to meet again because of love. The camera passes through the glass from time to time, wandering between the two. That is Jane standing on the other side of time, she is beautiful and kind, this is Jane standing on this side of time, she has fallen into the dust, that is Travis standing on the other side of time, he is upright and tolerant, this is standing on the other side of time. Travis on this side of time, he is sinking into a whirlpool of self-blame. what is love? When you don't have it, you crave it, when you have it, you don't cherish it, and when you lose it, you crave it again. Jane chose to wait, Travis chose to wander, happiness was so close to them, but now they are far apart.
They never met, and Travis drove away alone after arranging a meeting for the mother and son. At this time, the image of the road changed back to leaving. With the neon lights of Hugh City at night, Taravis left. Maybe this departure really means farewell, but this departure is completely different from his previous departure. , the previous time was hurt because of love, his selfishness and indifference hurt Jane, it was a kind of avoidance, a kind of escape, but this time it was because of hurt and love, he finally understood that love is not private property, only understanding and accepting is the true meaning of love. Travis is about to wander again, but this time, he has a destination, and that is Paris, Paris, Texas.
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