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He is attracted to the road movie to american myth to those who stand outside and witness suffering.

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The movie s story is simply told. Paris texas belongs in the road movie genre but the guardian critic guy lodge suggested it could also be considered a western film. The twang of ry cooder s guitar the lonely light of robbie muller s camera the craggy landscape of harry dean stanton s face. A vacant lot a vacant lot i bought that land when we were all together with your mom i thought we might live there.

Travis henderson an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society himself his life and his family. Movie tv guides. Paris texas something like a perfect artistic union is achieved in the major components of paris texas. The man is shown entering a rundown bar as he collapses in exhaustion.

The most famous and inspiring quotes from paris texas. The film opens with sweeping shots of the vast barren texas desert as the camera follows a man wandering through this terrain. With harry dean stanton nastassja kinski dean stockwell aurore clément. He does not have that gift.

They have all taken up residence in a retirement home on the outskirts of paris texas. Paris texas soundtrack by ry cooder warner bros.