Sam Mendes on Paris, Texas
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2014
- Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes discusses Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas (1984) and explains how it inspired his own American Beauty (1999) and Road to Perdition (2002). Mendes also talks about adapting Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for the theatre and teases details on the next James Bond film. This BFI members' event series is presented in partnership with American Express.
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Paris Texas.... Greatest movie ever filmed.
Greatest movie ever.
My partner and I saw this in 2002 I was 13 she was 12 at the time ,we were getting ready to become parents , it always stayed with me even at that age , we both adore that movie so much so we named our daughter after it
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I read the comments. Ok, a masterpiece,, but.. The music by Ry Cooder, was barely mentioned,, that soundtrack could only have been done by him and litterally makes you resonate with this masterpiece. You will never forget Ry Cooder after this.
He calls it one of the greatest movie scores ever. He says he listens to it a lot and that it's brilliant. Not sure if you were really listening to the interview.
Paris, Texas is a masterpiece of cinema. Perfect screenplay, perfect cinematography, perfect editing, perfect score and superb acting. One of those rare films that has no faults.
I was mesmerised by it just like Sam was. It's something very special.
Just saw it yesterday and was blown by it.. offcourse the climax scene with Travis and Jane is a masterclass in itself but other scenes like Travis and Hunter walking on opposite sides of the road mimicking each other and Travis watching old home movies with Hunter, Anne and Walt were so mesmerizing as well. A true masterpiece by Wenders so resonant even after 40 years ❤
A "screen epiphany" is a fit description for what I felt watching "Paris, Texas." There was not a single scene that didn't strike me deep somehow, for some reason. I remember how I left the movie theatre in tears, not out of sadness, but because "sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it." So, it's totally appropriate to see Sam Mendes talking about it. His "American Beauty" also hit so many chords, and even "Skyfall" was a 007 movie like no one had made before. Mendes also mentioned Lynch's "Blue Velvet" and the sheer boldness of it also made me awestruck when I first saw it. Great to see how great masters' works talk to each other.
Funny enough Harry Dean Stanton almost played Frank Booth
@@randywhite3947, I'm glad he didn't. Dennis Hopper had one of the most memorable (if also one of the most disturbing) acting performances ever in that role. He WAS Frank Booth, and that made the character even scarier. It's hard to imagine anyone else in that role.
I was 13 when I first watched Paris, Texas. It grabbed hold of me in a way i could not explain. Its a film that means a lot to me. About how a man loses himself, insecure about his masculinity and trying to make sense of himself. Ideas i struggled with too.
The romance of the American road movie really captivated me too.
Paris Texas, Harry Dean Stanton. Love, Soul, pain, one woman, one child, one man, all in one. Love, sacrifice. Great movie.
Harry dean Stanton is mesmerising in this movie. Every word he utters has weight. His eyes are so honest and so sad
Love this movie one of my favorite films of all time
My favorite film
Paris, Texas may be the film I've watched the most but I still haven't seen it on a big screen. One day!
I second every sentiment expressed by Sam Mendes. I saw the film at a local art theatre in '84. I had no idea who Wim Wenders was or unfamiliar with Sam Shepard except that he wrote plays and was an actor. Being a collaboration between a European and American sensibility has a very disorienting effect, very pleasant but it makes one feel like an alien in one's own country. I was absolutely enthralled by the film. This simple little story of a man wandering aimlessly, a wife and son he abandoned, and redemption and hope for all three. For Travis the ending is more ambiguous but I never felt sad that it didn't end in any sort conventional Hollywood way. It might have diminished the film somewhat if there was that cliche "warm fuzzy" moment between all three. It felt correct that Travis not share in that reunion between Jane and Hunter. He felt he had played his part and it was time to move on. This was so antithetical to the films I had previously watched and radically different from what Hollywood was producing. I was hungry for something like this. Thankfully the theatre where I saw this specialised in these types of films. It was my oasis. A couple years later I would have the joy to go back into Wim Wenders ' world with Wings of Desire. Although set in Germany but America is represented by the enchanting Peter Falk.
Paris Texas is a Brilliant Peace of ART. Thanks for sharing this. 💌
🎼👌 🌏
Funny to hear Sam Mendes telling, that he right after seeing it for the first time, went back to see it again. Because so did I. Actually I had seen a trailer, when I saw another movie. I know there are different trailers to "Paris Texas". But the one I saw was the one, that is mostly using the opening scene. That naked dessert, the look in the eyes of Stanton, and that detail that he is screwing the cork neatly back on the bottle before dropping it on the ground. And accompanied by those fantastic guitar slides. There was something about it. It was pure manic. I just knew I simply HAD to see that movie. So I did. And a few days later I went back and saw it again. I really wanted to watch it a third time but was out of money. One evening I was sitting in a sofa in the frontroom a few yards from the cinema hall (sorry if I am using some wrong words. English is not my main language.) just to hear those guitar slides. I was on a total "Paris Texas"-trip. I would not have been able to talk about all those technical things Mendes goes into. I am not sure I would have been able to explain anything at all about that film and what I liked about it. I was simply touched and taken away. An experience of pure manic!
I did the same
Such a great great movie my favorite movie hands down
Just saw the 4k re release at the same cinema he spoke of! It looks and is incredible
Just watched Paris, Texas for the first time and I really need someone to explain what I just watched. It was a great film but I don't understand the subtleties, or what the message was. (I'm new to this type of cinema).
It's about love and loss and reconnecting your love. And accepting your own faults in a noble and sotic and selfless way. In a single world its about Beauty.
It's a study in pain. Emotional pain.
It's about redemption and healing. That long monologue by Harry Dean Stanton clearly illustrates what had transpired between himself and his wife and what caused by to become a wanderer. Once he has this epiphany that he should reunite Jane and Hunter he moves towards reconciliation with his past, but he, if reasons that are left ambiguous, doesn't feel right it sharing the moment. He set in motion what separated a son from his mother and felt that he did not belong in the picture. I think if the film ended with that conventional "warm fuzzy" moment between all three it would have cheapened the overall spirit of the story. It is a film that puts you in the emotional shoes of each of these characters, flawed and complicated as they all are. I highly recommend Wim Wenders follow-up film Wings of Desire.
@The Movie Brothers Fantastic explanation!
Thank you.
Great performances
a great director commenting on a great film. we love to see it
No mention of Robby Muller's stunning cinematography?!?
I feel Paris, Texas much like Field of Dreams was somehow divinely orchestrated. And the crazy thing...I've never seen Paris, Texas. I doubt that I'm emotionally stable enough to see it at this time.
It's a film that can really pull the rug out from under you if you're not prepared for it.
How dare them delete all keyscenses from the movie?!
Andy galau. Frank mengajaknya road trip ke bali untuk merayakan kelulusannya. Mereka melakukan petuqlangan road trip di jalan. Akhirnya sampai di bali bersenang senang. Frank fokus dengan dunianya. Andy merasakan kegaluannya kembalu. Nmaun di akhir andy betrmu denhan sarah. Dan merqsakan hidup lagi.
Petualangan iseng anak muda melakukan road trip bersama di masa mudanya setelah lulus dari SMA. untuk menambah prngalaman hidup
Last film I watched at the art house cinema (the Belmont) was Paris, Texas. I have had the OST for decades. Really annoyed at my old home which I shared. I had put on the soundtrack and I got asked what was wrong with the guitar. ?????
That’s Ry Cooder, playing slide guitar.
He doesn’t sound like he can play properly.
Fume.
sadly there were holes in the boat... a lot of holes 😔
Aritro Roy can u elaborate more on that?
@@donut.onthesky Spectre fucking sucks!
Sad movie
It's an OK flick. But only a movie.
Yes. Just like Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is only a sequence of notes, and Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" is only paint on a wall.
It's not America, it's USA, which is one of many countries in America.
So it still is America..
Hey, Tyler Ashen!... ya dumb
@@cfbilly70 well Brazil is also America, and yet Sam Mendes isn't talking about Brazil. do you get it now?
@@ginofactap my former reply wasn't nice, I apologize if you saw. I'll edit it to something sweet and easy to understand. If someone talks about USA and he says America, that is not wrong. It is less specific, but still true. If I were to talk about France and instead of saying France I say Europe, thats still true my friend. This was the point of what I said. You needn't explain the point. I got it. I hope you do to now.
@@cfbilly70 for christ's sake. please pay attention because this will be the last time I'll put it into words:
it's not about calling it an american movie, or an european movie, or an asian movie, that term is correct. it's about -using your own example- not being specific as to which country it truly belongs to. it's like saying "here in planet Earth we actually won 4 oscars for whatever film", yes, but where exactly in planet Earth? it's important to specify the difference, because the entire planet Earth didn't win those 4 specific oscars, just one country for one specific film. is it still planet Earth though? of course it fucking is, but we're talking about the specifics.
so the fact that Sam Mendes talks about the landscape in America, implying that every country in America like Mexico, Brazil, Argentina or Chile share that exact same landscape is just silly and self-centered, thus it is worth pointing out that he's referring to the landscape in USA, NOT the entirety of America. is it still America though? of course it fucking is, but that's beside the point.
there. I hope you get it now and if you don't, I frankly couldn't care less. Goodbye.