Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT, with the occasional weekend off.
This time, Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas.
Four years after mysteriously disappearing, Travis wanders out of the desert and back into the lives of his family. Adapting to the outside world, Travis embarks upon a journey across America to bring together the shattered remains of his past life.
At time of recording, it was ranked the 241st best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 24th September 2017.
- This special episode was recorded to commemorate the passing of lead actor Harry Dean Stanton.
- Paris, Texas at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
- Roger Ebert on Paris, Texas, December 2002.
- A.A. Dowd at The A.V. Club on Paris, Texas, April 2014.
- Keith Phipps at The A.V. Club on Paris, Texas, March 2009.
- Nick Roddick at Criterion on the portrayal of the road in Paris, Texas, January 2010.
- Steve Dollar at The Washington Post on the photography that inspired Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas, November 2016.
- Nicole Huber and Ralph Stern at Places on the symbolic link between West German and the American West, April 2014.
- Matt Zoller Seitz at RogerEbert.com on the American frontier as envisaged by Sam Shepard, July 2017.
- Steven at The Hungry Suitcase on geography and time in Paris, Texas, May 2013.
- Priscilla Page at birth.death.movies on the exploration of the American dream in Paris, Texas, September 2017.
- Joe Leydon discusses Harry Dean Stanton at Variety, September 2017.
- Alissa Wilkinson at Vox on Paris, Texas as Harry Dean Stanton’s most powerful role, September 2017.
- Will Harris at The A.V. Club talks to Harry Dean Stanton about some of his most iconic roles, October 2013.
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