Alice In The Cities Details

Introducing themes that would recur in Wrong Move, Kings of the Road and Paris, Texas, Wim Wenders's road movie provides an amusing, affectionate and yet quietly critical portrait of 1970s America. Often employing a subjective camera technique, Wenders places the viewer at the heart of the odyssey so that we can experience the sights and sounds of the eastern seaboard exactly as photojournalist Rüdiger Vogler and his nine-year-old companion Yella Rottlander see them. The search for the girl's grandmother is virtually irrelevant, as it is how this odd couple react to each other and their ever-changing environment that is important. Wenders's regular cameraman, Robby Müller, provides the superb photography.

A photo-journalist travels across the United States on an abortive assignment, and finds himself returning to Germany... read more on Time Out