The Cinema of Wim Wenders: The Celluloid Highway

by Alexander Graf

Book Overview

"The Cinema of Wim Wenders" is a new study of the films of this most prominent of German directors whose films include "Kings of the Road"; "Paris, Texas"; and "Wings of Desire," The book analyzes a preoccupation central to all of Wenders' work and writings: why modern cinema, a recording art solely composed of sounds and images, has so naturally developed into a primarily narrative medium, a domain traditionally

associated with words and sentences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903364299
• ISBN13: 9781903364291
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.4"