Wim Wenders
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
In intimate conversations Wim Wenders talks about his sheltered upbringing in post-war Germany. The film follows him on a journey into the past that takes him to Paris, where he lived as a young painter and made his decision to become a filmmaker. He recounts his experiences, successes and failures as a film student on the way to becoming a director. He also conveys the attitudes and the euphoric mood among the first intake of students at Munich's...
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The Pixels of Paul Cezanne is a collection of essays by Wim Wenders in which he presents his observations and reflections on the fellow artists who have influenced, shaped, and inspired him. How are they doing it? is the key questions Wenders asks as he looks at the dance work of Pina Bausch, the paintings of Cezanne, Edward Hopper of Andrew Wyeth, or the films of Ingmar Bergman, Michelanelo Antonioni, Ozu, Anthony Mann, Douglas Sirk, and Sam Fuller....
4) Pina
Series
Criterion collection volume 644
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Deutsch
Description
Tribute to German modern-dance pioneer Pina Bausch as members of her dance troupe, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, perform her pieces in various settings.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus.
7) Pina
Series
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Deutsch
Description
The boundless imagination and physical marvels of the work of the German modern-dance pioneer Pina Bausch leap off the screen in this tribute by Wim Wenders. Shot in 3D, it is a remarkable visual experience and a vivid representation of Bausch's art, enacted by a group of talented dancers from her company.
Publisher
Released by PBS]
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The blues is a seven-part documentary film series exploring the evolution of the blues, featuring rare archival performance footage of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon... et al., also including over 100 newly-filmed performances by contemporary artists such as B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Beck... et al. singing classic blues songs.
10) Wings of desire
Series
Criterion collection volume 490
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Deutsch
Description
An angel falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist and is willing to give up his immortal life to be with her.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A drama that charts the emotional odyssey of a struggling novelist whose life is turned upside down one wintry night following a fatal car accident. The incident sets him on a soul searching, decades long journey towards redemption, a quest that profoundly touches the lives of both his girlfriend and the accident victim's mother.
13) Paris, Texas
Series
Criterion collection volume 501
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
An amnesiac man found wandering in the Texas desert works to reconstruct his past with the help of his wife and family who have not seen him in four years.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1007
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set in the near future against the backdrop of the imminent crash of a nuclear satellite that will end the world, a woman on the run from the law joins an American man who is being chased by the CIA which wants a device his father invented that allows people to record their dreams.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Italiano
Description
Fariborz Kamkari's documentary about the life and career of Carlo Di Palma is as much a portrait of the late cinematographer, known for his inventive work with such directors as Woody Allen, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Elio Petri, as it is a journey through the last 70 years of world cinema.
Author
Language
English
Description
The conversation between Wim Wenders and Melinda Camber Porter (1953-2008) took place on location in December 1983, while Mr. Wenders was shooting his first American Film, Paris Texas. America was a place of European immigrants, German immigrants, and a vast land stretching to California. Men and women were becoming disillusioned and seeking 'that something' just out of reach.
Melinda Camber Porter asked: "When you say men have certain expectations...
17) Música Cubana
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
Español
Description
Docudrama chronicling the new generation of musicians in Cuba. When a taxi driver finds the sole survivor of the Buena Vista Social Club in his cab, he takes advantage of this good fortune and tries to convince the master to help him produce the next generation of Cuban musicians.
19) National bird
Publisher
[Ten Forward Films]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Follows the harrowing journey of three U.S. military veterans who became whistleblowers, determined to break the silence surrounding America's secret drone war. Tortured by guilt for their participation in the killing of faceless terror suspects, and despite the threat of being prosecuted, these three veterans offer an unprecedented look inside this secret program to reveal the haunting cost of America's global drone strikes.