The early films of Wim Wenders are now regarded as landmarks of European film. Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move and Kings of the Road became foundations of the German New Wave and cemented the reputation of their director. In One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years Marcel Wehn explores the background to these films. Through personal recollection and rare home movie footage, it documents the director's early life, from experiments with his first camera, via his deviation from a career in medicine in favour of art and film, through to international recognition for the Road Trilogy. Central to these were themes that became cornerstones of all his work: national identity, the importance of personal relationships and the allure of the road. With contributions from the director and the many collaborators who helped define his vision, One Who Set Forth is a compelling account of Wim Wenders' life and work.
El marchante americano Tom Ripley (Hopper) intenta poner a prueba la integridad de Jonatham Zimmermann, un humilde fabricante de marcos (Bruno Ganz) que padece una enfermedad terminal. Ripley le presenta a un gánster que le ofrece mucho dinero a cambio de que trabaje para él como asesino a sueldo. En un principio rechaza la oferta, pero, al pensar en el precario futuro que espera a su mujer y a su hijo después de su muerte, acaba aceptando el trato.
Paradigma del viaje como liberación y encuentro entre los seres humanos, la hermosa relación que se establece entre dos hombres (un reparador de proyectores de cine y un hombre deprimido tras el colapso de su matrimonio), a lo largo de un nostálgico viaje por la frontera que separa las dos alemanias, se convierte, en manos del singular director 889856, no sólo en el film que vuelve a implantar el cine alemán en el panorama internacional (junto a la obra de Fassbinder), sino en la mejor road movie alemana de todos los tiempos. Una obra clave del cine europeo moderno.
Fashion model Sylvie falls asleep drunk in the cab of Munich taxi driver Paul, and an impossible love affair beckons. Renegade director Klaus Lemke had previously startled German TV audiences with the biker drama Rocker, announcing an unprecedented, unvarnished freshness and authenticity with nonprofessional actors, real dialect and on-the-fly style. In Sylvie, he adds a disarming tenderness.
An animated film that is critical of society. After being kissed by a "celestial" muse, an inventor succeeds in building a machine that will clothe the naked of the world. But after a "devilish" inspiration, the inventor expands heedlessly into new markets, leading to ever-increasing growth of the machine until it finally enslaves its inventor, who has become a war profiteer.
