Lightning Over Water (1980)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Directors:

Nicholas Ray
Wim Wenders

Escritores:

Nicholas Ray (writer)
Wim Wenders (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

13 febrero 1981 (Alemania Occidental)

Género:

Documental | Drama

Plot:

Director Nicholas Ray is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders...

Plot Keywords:

Terminal Illness | Film Making | Video Footage | Avant Garde | Friendship

Premios:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

not a simple film

Reparto

Gerry Bamman	...	Himself
Ronee Blakley	...	Herself
Pierre Cottrell	...	Himself
Stefan Czapsky	...	Himself
Mitch Dubin	...	Himself
Tom Farrell	...	Himself
Becky Johnston	...	Herself
Tom Kaufman	...	Himself
Pat Kirck	...	Himself
Edward Lachman	...	Himself
Martin Müller	...	Himself
Craig Nelson	...	Himself
Nicholas Ray	...	Himself
Susan Ray	...	Herself
Timothy Ray	...	Himself
Martin Schäfer	...	Himself
Chris Sievernich	...	Himself
Wim Wenders	...	Himself

También conocida como:

Nick's Film - Lightning Over Water (Alemania Occidental)
Nicks Movie (Alemania Occidental)
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Duración:

91 min | USA:116 min (original version)

País:

Sweden | Alemania Occidental

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

West Germany:12 | Brazil:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-3 | Sweden:11

Locaciones de Filmación:

New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Road Movies Filmproduktion

Conexiones de Película:

Apariciones The Lusty Men (1952)

Banda de Sonido:

Lightning Over Water

not a simple film

Wenders gives the viewer the impression that this is a simple movie, but it is not. Fans of Wenders will recognize director Nicholas Ray's apartment as a location for the film, American Friend. But not only is Ray simply dying, he dies, and the "documentary" has to change, and so it does, with grace, pain, uncertainty, and a host of other emotions and observations. The music, much of it featuring Ronee Blakley, doing what sounds like an attempt at light punk rock and country-folk rock, with a definite Patti Smith influence, is very effective. Like every film I have seen by Wenders, it looks beautiful and often unusual, and the pacing is leisurely, and by Hollywood standards, slow. However, anyone who likes Wenders and likes Ray--and let's face it, if you say you are a fan of American film, and you neither like nor know Nicholas Ray, you are an ignorant piker, poser--will benefit from screening this movie, and probably be moved like hell by it.