Episode 196 – Paris, Texas (1984)

Harry Dean Stanton, hair slicked back and in a button-down shirt, is lit in blue as he speaks on the phone. Behind him in a window is a normally-lit blonde woman in a coffee shop. I know this because above the window on Stanton's side is a little sign that says Coffee Shop.

A silent drifter is rescued by his brother, and attempts to reestablish his relationships with his son and ex-wife in this stark modern Western that bounces between the American southwest, modern Los Angeles, and Houston.

Starring Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell, Nastassja Kinski, Aurore Clement, and Hunter Carson. Written by Sam Shepard and L.M. Kit Carson. Directed by Wim Wenders.

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