Cathal McGuinness is a recent college graduate with a BA in English Lit. & Classical Languages from Trinity College Dublin.
The Big Picture The Western genre, possibly above all others, could be considered the definitive American genre of film. After all, the myth of the frontier is one of the foundational myths upon which the American republic has been built.
What Is 'Paris, Texas' About? Paris, Texas begins with shots of the desolate landscape of the American desert, accompanied by composer Ry Cooder's haunting guitar score that riffs mostly on Blind Willie Johnson's famous song 'Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground'. This piece of music, according to Cooder, is "the most transcendent piece in all American music", and so it was the perfect song to depict Americana in all its glory.
The next day, Travis returns to Jane's workplace and begins to tell her a vague story as he has his back to her. Throughout this, she realizes that it is Travis who is talking to her. She turns off her light and sees Travis, expressing her regret and heartbreak at leaving her son behind. Travis reconciles with this and gives Jane the details for finding Hunter in Houston, who is waiting in a hotel room for her.
The lighting in Paris, Texas, too, is one of the aspects of the film that makes it so beautiful and so powerful. It is intensely naturalistic and yet carefully controlled, creating paroxysmal moods and an almost mawkish atmosphere throughout. Müller makes extensive use of natural light, particularly during the golden hour, like this visual feast from Terrence Malick, to bathe scenes in warm, soft light that enhances the emotional resonance of the film.
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