Paris, Texas
The film stars the late great Harry Dean Stanton who we see at the start wandering the American wilderness mute and near collapsed. He's picked up by his brother (Dean Stockwell) and taken to his home in LA. His brother and and sister in law have been raising Travis's son as it transpires that Travis has been missing some time. His wife has been sending payments to the son from a Texas bank so Travis and his son go on a road trip to find her.
Its hard to say much more because essentially that's the plot. However thematically there is so much more going on. Wim Wenders adapts Sam Sheperds screenplay brilliantly and with DP Bobby Muller photographing the American backdrops beautifully. I'm assured as great as this is on the small screen the sheer depth of the scenery is something to behold. Still the Blu-ray suffices.
Repo man
Taken from real life inspiration after director Alex Cox had spent some time working as a Repo Man in LA, the film takes the early eighties punk scene and mixes it in with sharp anti-consumerist messages and a pop culture aesthetic that drops in numerous references throughout. Check out the tannoy announcements calling for Dr Benway in the hospital scene as a prime example. The film has a strange meandering structure to it that somehow works in its favour giving it something of a zen feel and it has memorable dialogue and a killer soundtrack.
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