The State of Things DVD (1982)

The State of Things

1982

Overall rating: 3 out of 5

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Wim Wenders' The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge) was financed by one of the director's chief mentors, Francis Ford Coppola. This highly autobiographical work concerns a shoestring movie producer and his ragtag crew. Stranded in the outer reaches of Portugal, the director doesn't even have any film in his camera. There's nothing left to do but scare up a potential backer--preferably one of those rich, movie-mad Americans. In illustrating the plight of the fictional filmmakers, Wenders strikes a blow on behalf of the homeless and disenfranchised everywhere; it is also an a clef recreation of the difficulties faced by the director during production of his first American film Hammett (also made under the auspices of Coppola).~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The State of Things details

Format:	15 DVD
Starring:	Geoffrey Carey, Camila Mora-Scheihing, Allen Garfield, Isabelle Weingarten, Alexandra Auder
Director:	Wim Wenders
Genres:	Drama - General, World Cinema - French
Studio:	AXIOM FILMS INTERNATIONAL LTD
Original title	Der Stand der Dinge

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
The State of Things	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 57 minutes
Rental release:	25 May 2009
Main languages:	German
Subtitles:	English
Hearing impaired subtitles:	English

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A mixed bag

By a customer , 30 Jul 2011

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Gorgeous visually, as you'd expect from Wenders, but I didn't like the main body of the film. To be blunt I found it boring, and I'm saying this as someone who loved 'Alice in the Cities', 'Wings of Desire ' and 'The American Friend'.

However the ending is breath- taking and almost worth battling through the first 90 minutes for.
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Some beautiful scenes and shots.

By DoubleHaitch (4 reviews) , 07 Apr 2013

Some beautiful scenes and shots. Really worth sitting through. Not my favourite of Wenders' films but even for its expose of the difficulties facing directors and production teams, I'd recommend it. Free streaming here too, so nothing to lose.
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A mixed bag

By a customer , 30 Jul 2011

Gorgeous visually, as you'd expect from Wenders, but I didn't like the main body of the film. To be blunt I found it boring, and I'm saying this as someone who loved 'Alice in the Cities', 'Wings of Desire ' and 'The American Friend'.

However the ending is breath- taking and almost worth battling through the first 90 minutes for.
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