Do you know any other movies like this?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Paris, Texas
zsutton42 — 9 years ago(July 03, 2016 02:07 PM)
Does anyone know any other movies like this? As in movies that have a similar vibe or look. Movies that involve road trips, motels, deserts, bars and the strangeness of America and American life?
I get a certain feeling from
Paris, Texas
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asktheages — 9 years ago(July 03, 2016 07:10 PM)
Zabriskie Point (1970)
Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
Alice in the Cities (1974)
The Straight Story (1999)
Simple Men (1992)
One From the Heart (1982)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Stroszek (1977)
California Split (1974)
Point Blank (1967)
Running on Empty (1988)
Cutter's Way (1981)
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Straight Time (1978)
Mike's Murder (1984)
Breathless (1983)
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Badlands (1973)
They Live By Night (1949)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
The Last Detail (1973)
I'm a big fan of these films, too. A ton of them were made in the 70s/early 80s. I would say that Antonioni's The Passenger (1975) is also extremely similar to Paris Texas, but it's not set in America. You may also want to check out the other German road movies by Wenders, Kings of the Road (1976) and Wrong Move (1975) these form what's called his "road movie trilogy" along with Alice in the Cities. -
MichaelJacksonPollock — 9 years ago(July 04, 2016 11:14 PM)
Oh, then you might want to have a look at Frank Perry's The Swimmer (1968). If it would be a bit far fetched to call Broken Flowers a remake of it, it certainly would feel right to call it a blood relative
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MichaelJacksonPollock — 9 years ago(July 05, 2016 10:26 AM)
Both films come in the shape of a road-movie (swimming-pool-movie??) parable about a wealthy, selfish middle-aged man who revisits moments of his past life, each new one finding him facing more and more hostile behaviours, until he ends up utterly alone, forcing him (and the spectator) to re-evaluate his character and past actions.
Ultimately, both films are about the petty evils and common acts of treachery, cowardice, unfaithfulness, deceit, vanity, etc. ordinary people commit in their lifetime while living with the certainty they are model citizens. -
asktheages — 9 years ago(July 05, 2016 06:45 PM)
Ah, of course Jarmusch fits. Mystery Train and Down By Law were shot by the great Robby Muller, who of course shot Paris Texas. That's partly why I put To Live and Die in L.A. on my list, another Muller-shot masterpiece which is basically a nihilistic action film instead of a gentle road movie, but which captures a certain beautiful visual sense of the American West quite similar to Paris Texas.