At the Crossroads between Paris, Texas and the Buena Vista Social Club, Havana: Wim Wenders and Ry Cooder as Collaborators

I take the image of the crossroads first as a way of elucidating the approach Wim Wenders takes to making films and Ry Cooder to making music, and to the implicit politics that can be derived from their practice. I then look at Paris, Texas as a crossroads film to examine how the thematic and formal...

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Main Author: Stephen Gregory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2008-02-01
Series:PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
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Online Access:http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/390