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Paris, Texas (1984)

Film
DirectorWim Wenders
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Objects & symbols
  • The family photograph and Super 8 home movies
Locations
  • The "Paris, Texas" lot (Travis's purchased land)
  • The Southwestern American landscape → The Hyperreal Mirage
Form & technique
  • The peep show booth scene → The Controlling Eye
  • The final scene of family reunion (from which Travis is absent)
Tropes
  • Travis's monologues to Walt and Jane
  • The physical journey of Travis and Hunter → Generic Revisionism
  • The film's use of American genre conventions (Western, road movie)
  • The reunion and subsequent separation of the family
  • Travis Henderson's character arc

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