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Christopher Rico
Sep 10, 2024
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I rewatched Wim Wender’s “Paris, Texas” recently. It’s been said (Roger Ebert maybe?) that any film with Harry Dean Stanton can’t be bad, but this one in particular was a tour de force performance by the actor. Set against the sweeping cinematographic grandeur of the southwestern US, with a screenplay penned by playwright Sam Shepard, and sublimely pu…

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