#814: WENDERS, Wim: Alice In The Cities (1974)
WIM WENDERS: THE ROAD TRILOGY {Spine #813}
WENDERS, Wim (Germany)
Alice In The Cities [1974]
Spine #814
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
The first of the road films that would come to define the career of Wim Wenders, the magnificent Alice in the Cities is an emotionally generous and luminously shot odyssey. A German journalist (Rüdiger Vogler) is driving across the United States to research an article; it's a disappointing trip, during which he is unable to truly connect with what he sees. Things change, however, when he has no choice but to take a young girl named Alice (Yella Rottländer) with him on his return trip to Germany, after her mother (Lisa Kreuzer) — whom he has just met — leaves the child in his care. Though they initially find themselves at odds, the pair begin to form an unlikely friendship.
113 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
in German
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2016
Director/Writers
Screenplay by Wim Wenders and Veith v. Fürstenberg.
Wenders was 29 when he directed Alice in the Cities.
Other Wenders films in the Collection:
#815: Wrong Move (1975)
#816: Kings Of The Road (1976)
#793: The American Friend (1977)
#501: Paris, Texas (1984)
#490: Wings Of Desire (1987)
#1007: Until The End Of The World (1991)
#866: Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
#644: Pina (2011)
The Film
Other Wenders films in the Collection:
#815: Wrong Move (1975)
#816: Kings Of The Road (1976)
#793: The American Friend (1977)
#501: Paris, Texas (1984)
#490: Wings Of Desire (1987)
#1007: Until The End Of The World (1991)
#866: Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
#644: Pina (2011)
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Commentary
German-language featuring Wenders and actors Vogler and Rottlälnder.
Interviews
With Vogler, Rottlälnder, and actor Kreuzer.
Outtakes
From the film.
Restoring Time
A 2015 short about the restoration work done by the Wim Wenders Foundation.
Two early short films
By Wenders: Same Player Shoots Again (1967) and Silver City Revisited (1968).
Extras Rating (0-40):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Fifty-two page booklet featuring essays by Michael Almereyda (Between Me and the World); Allison Anders (A Girl’s Story); James Robison (Utter Detachment, Utter Truth); and Nick Roddick (Keep on Truckin’).
Commentary
German-language featuring Wenders and actors Vogler and Rottlälnder.
Interviews
With Vogler, Rottlälnder, and actor Kreuzer.
Outtakes
From the film.
Restoring Time
A 2015 short about the restoration work done by the Wim Wenders Foundation.
Two early short films
By Wenders: Same Player Shoots Again (1967) and Silver City Revisited (1968).
Extras Rating (0-40):
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