1982
Director:
Wim Wenders
Screenplay:
Wim Wenders
Robert Kramer
Director of Photography:
Henri Alekan
Editors:
Barbara von Weitershausen
Peter Przygodda
Music:
Jürgen Knieper
Production Design:
Zé Branco
Cast:
Patrick Bauchau
Viva Auder
Isabelle Weingarten Samuel Fuller
Rebecca Pauly
Jeffrey Kime
Geoffrey Carey Alexandra Auder Camilla Mora
Roger Corman
Paul Getty
Allen Goorwitz
Artur Semedo
Festivals/Awards:
1982
Venice "Golden Lion"
1983
German Film Prize in Gold for Photography
1983
German Film Prize in Silver for Production
Producers:
Chris Sievernich
Wim Wenders
Production:
Road Movies Filmproduktion/Berlin
Wim Wenders Produktion
Length:
121 min.
Format:
35mm Color
Original Title:
Der Stand der Dinge
Original Language:
English
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The
State of Things is a highly autobiographical work concerning
a shoestring movie producer and his ragtag crew. Stranded in
the outer reaches of Portugal, the director does not even have
any film in his camera. There's nothing left to do but scare
up a potential backer -- preferably one of those rich, movie-mad
Americans.
In illustrating the plight of the fictional filmmakers,
Wenders strikes a blow on behalf of the homeless and disenfranchised
everywhere; it is also a sharp recreation of the difficulties
faced by Wenders during production of his first American film
Hammett.
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