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Written in the West : revisited

Title

Written in the West : revisited / Wim Wenders.

Publication

New York, NY : D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 2015.
©2015

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107 pages : chiefly color illustrations; 24 x 26 cm

Summary

In late 1983, looking for the subjects and locations that would bring the desolate landscape of the American West to life for his iconic film Paris, Texas, German filmmaker Wim Wenders took his Makina Planbel 6 x 7 camera on the road. Driving through Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California, Wenders was captivated by the unique, saturated, colorful light of the vast, wild landscape of the American West--even in the 20th century, a land associated with cowboys and outlaws, and suffused with the mythology of the frontier. The series he produced, Written in the West, was first exhibited in 1986 at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and first published in 2000.0Roughly three decades later, in this expanded edition, Wenders adds 15 new images of the sleepy town that gave the movie its name--though no footage was ever actually shot there. Made with a Fuji 6 x 4.5 camera, the new photographs are poetic documents of an abiding fascination and a search for personal memories. Together, they add an essential new chapter to Wenders' classic 'Written in the West, now Revisited'.

Subjects

Wenders, Wim > Travel > West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) > Pictorial works

Call Number

MFX (Wenders) 15-5051

ISBN

9781938922848
1938922840

LCCN

2015023329

OCLC

911019940

Title

Written in the West : revisited / Wim Wenders.

Publisher

New York, NY : D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 2015.

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Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Wenders, Wim. Works. Selections.

Bergala, Alain, interviewer.

Wenders, Wim, interviewee.

Other Editions:

Revision of (expression): Wenders, Wim Written in the West München : Schirmer/Mosel, c1987. 19 p., 62 p. of plates : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 x 28 cm. (DLC) 88143563

Research Call Number

MFX (Wenders) 15-5051

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