Saturday 2 April 2022

Der Stand der Dinge (1982)


 

The crew is running out of money to finish their film.

From memory: Arguably Wim Wenders' best movie is a sum of his work and his artistry and also presents the haphazardness of film-making, photographed in beautiful black-and-white images; alone, the entrance sequence of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi film demonstrates what Wenders would Wenders himself could have done with such a project.

Halliwell*: "A sort of B movie about the making of a B movie and a reflection on the meaning of cinema, within the loose format of a thriller."

Maltin***: "Fascinating if uneven mystery...Interesting as a peek behind the scenes at the filmmaking process, and as a homage to Corman." 



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