The State of Things (German: Der Stand der Dinge) is a 1982 road movie directed by Wim Wenders. It tells the story of a film director travelling from Portugal to Los Angeles in search of his missing producer. The soundtrack includes original music from Jim Jarmusch, Jürgen Knieper, as well as tracks from Joe Ely, X and The Del-Byzanteens.
Wenders' 1994 film Lisbon Story is partly a sequel to The State of Things.
A German film crew is in Portugal ...
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The State of Things (German: Der Stand der Dinge) is a 1982 road movie directed by Wim Wenders. It tells the story of a film director travelling from Portugal to Los Angeles in search of his missing producer. The soundtrack includes original music from Jim Jarmusch, Jürgen Knieper, as well as tracks from Joe Ely, X and The Del-Byzanteens.
Wenders' 1994 film Lisbon Story is partly a sequel to The State of Things.
A German film crew is in Portugal to shoot a black and white remake of Roger Corman's 1955 science fiction B movie Day the World Ended about the survivors of a nuclear holocaust. The remake is titled The Survivors. The production runs out of film and money and the director, Friedrich Munro (the name alludes to director legend Friedrich Murnau) played by Patrick Bauchau, who cannot reach his producer, Gordon, and so sets off to find him. The crew waits for Friedrich's return in an abandoned hotel. As they grow restless and bored, the film depicts some of their philosophical...
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