Wim Wenders: Portraits Along the Road
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Wim Wenders is cinema’s preeminent poet of the open road, soulfully following the journeys of people as they search for themselves. During his over-forty-year career, Wenders has directed films in his native Germany and around the globe, making dramas both intense and whimsical, mysteries, fantasies, and documentaries. With this abbreviated retrospective of seven of his films—from early works of the New German Cinema (Alice in the Cities, Kings of the Road) to one of the art-house 1980s blockbuster that made him a household name (Paris, Texas) to the inquisitive nonfiction look at world culture (Buena Vista Social Club) — audiences can rediscover Wenders’s vast cinematic world.
Also, see Wim Wenders’ newest narrative feature Every Thing Will Be Fine, starring James Franco and Charlotte Gainsbourg, screening January 8-14.
Films A-Z
Alice in the Cities
Saturday, January 16, 1:30pm | Monday, January 18, 5:00pm | Wednesday, January 20, 7:30pm
Dir: Wim Wenders | Narrative | 1974 | Country: West Germany | Language: German
A German journalist who fails in his mission to write a story about America reluctantly agrees to take little Alice on his return trip to Amsterdam, but when the mother fails to appear as they agreed, the pair sets out to find Alice’s grandmother. During their search together, their initial mutual dislike gradually transforms into a heartfelt affection… read more.
The American Friend
Sunday, January 17, 7:30pm | Tuesday, January 19, 4:30pm | Saturday, January 23, 4:30pm
Dir: Wim Wenders | Narrative | 1977 | Country: West Germany | Language: German, English, French
Right after Jonathan Zimmermann finds out that he will soon die of leukemia, he falls under the influence of unscrupulous American Tom Ripley, who exploits Zimmermann’s illness by connecting him to an underworld figure that offers to hire him on as a professional hitman. But when a friendship develops between the two very different men and Zimmermann proves incapable of carrying out an additional murder, it’s left to Ripley to come to his aid… read more.
Buena Vista Social Club
Thursday, December 17, 7:00pm | Monday, January 18, 7:30pm | Wednesday, January 20, 4:30pm
Dir: Wim Wenders | Documentary | 1999 | Country: Germany, United States | Language: English, Spanish
Follow renowned guitarist Ry Cooder as he travels to Havana to assemble a group of legendary Cuban musicians-including Ibrahim Ferrer, Compay Segundo, Rubén González and Elíades Ochoa-in order to record one groundbreaking album named Buena Vista Social Club. The group then heads first to Amsterdam, and then to New York City for their only two live performances with a full line-up… read more.
Kings of the Road
Saturday, January 16, 7:30pm | Monday, January 18, 1:30pm | Saturday, January 23, 1:00pm
Dir: Wim Wenders | Narrative | 1976 | Country: West Germany | Language: German
The story of a friendship between two men: Bruno, a.k.a. King of the Road, who repairs film projectors and travels along the inner German border in his truck, and the psychologist Robert, a.k.a. Kamikaze, who is fleeing from his own past. Together, the two journey through a German no-man’s-land in a trip that leads them from the Lüneburg Heath to the Bavarian Forest… read more.
Paris, Texas
Friday, January 15, 7:30pm | Tuesday, January 19, 7:30pm | Wednesday, January 20, 1:30pm
Dir: Wim Wenders | Narrative | 1984 | Country: West Germany, France | Language: English
Based on a script by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard, this unconventional road movie tells the story of Travis, a man who wanders into the blazing heat of Texas’s Big Bend one day and disappears from his life, including his wife and child. By the time his brother – now the foster father of Travis’ son – tracks him down, four years have passed and the two must navigate the complex waters of who should retain custody of the boy, and whether Travis should go off in search of his wife. His only clue? That she probably lives in Houston… read more.
Until the End of the World
Sunday, January 17, 1:30pm | Thursday, January 21, 1:30pm | Sunday, January 24, 6:00pm
Dir: Wim Wenders | Narrative | 1991 | Country: Germany, France, Australia | Language: English
Armed with his father’s invention of aprocess that makes it possible to transmit the images recorded in the brains of sighted people directly into the visual systems of blind people, a son sets out on a journey around the world in order to “see” and record the various stations of his blind mother’s life for her. Along the way, a Frenchwoman falls in love with him and sets out in pursuit of him. She, in turn, is followed by an author who is recording her adventure… read more.
Wrong Move
Saturday, January 16, 4:30pm | Tuesday, January 19, 1:30pm | Thursday, January 21, 7:30pm
Dir: Wim Wenders | Narrative | 1975 | Country: West Germany | Language: German
Based on Goethe’s “Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship,” this incisive narrative follows the journey of Wilhelm Meister, who embarks on a trip across Germany in hopes of fulfilling his uncontrollable drive to become an author. His path leads him into an unbroken series of failures, however, which force him to confront the painful reality that a journey alone may not lead to the desired goal… read more.Tickets Prices:
Regular Screenings
General – $8.50
FS Members – $5.00
Student/Senior (Box office only) – $6.00Buena Vista Social Club: December 17
General – $10.00
FS Member – $7.00
Student/Senior (Box office only) – $7.00
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Schedule
December 17
7:00pm – Buena Vista Social Club
January 15
7:30pm – Paris, Texas
January 16
1:30pm – Alice in the Cities
4:30pm – Wrong Move
7:30pm – Kings of the Road
January 17
1:30pm – Until the End of the World (Director’s Cut)
7:30pm – The American Friend
January 18
1:30pm – Kings of the Road
5:00pm – Alice in the Cities
7:30pm – Buena Vista Social Club
January 19
1:30pm – Wrong Move
4:30pm – The American Friend
7:30pm – Paris, Texas
January 20
1:30pm – Paris, Texas
4:30pm – Buena Vista Social Club
7:30pm – Alice in the Cities
January 21
1:30pm – Until the End of the World
7:30pm – Wrong Move
January 23
1:00pm – Kings of the Road
4:30pm – The American Friend
January 24
6:00pm – Until the End of the World
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