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Sunday, November 2, 2025

On this day in movie history - Paris, Texas (1984):

Paris, Texas

directed by Wim Wenders,

written by L. M. Kit Carson and Sam Shepard,

was released in the United States on November 2, 1984.
Music by Ry Cooder.

Cast:

Harry Dean Stanton, Sam Berry, Bernhard Wicki, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Claresie Mobley, Hunter Carson, Viva Auder, Socorro Valdez, Edward Fayton, Justin Hogg, Nastassja Kinski, Tom Farrell, John Lurie, Jeni Vici, Sally Norvell, Sharon Menzel, The Mydolls, Brandy Tipton.

Monday, September 29, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Soul of a Man (2003):

The Soul of a Man

documentary directed and written by Wim Wenders,

part 2 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on September 29, 2003.
Additional music by Davis Coen.

Cast:

Chris Thomas King, Keith B. Brown, James Hughes, David F. Hughes, Shayne Tingle, Joy Brashears, David Barnes, Beck, James Blood Ulmer, T Bone Burnett, Nick Cave, Eagle Eye Cherry, Shemekia Copeland, Cream, Laurence Fishburne, Skip James, Garland Jeffreys, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, J.B. Lenoir, Los Lobos, John Mayall, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed, Vernon Reid, Marc Ribot, Seaberg Ronnog, Steve Seaberg, Richard Shurman, Dick Waterman, Lucinda Williams, Cassandra Wilson, Alvin Youngblood Hart.

Friday, September 12, 2025

On this day in movie history - Until the End of the World (1991):

Until the End of the World

directed by Wim Wenders,

written by Peter Carey and Wim Wenders,

based on a story by Wim Wenders, Solveig Dommartin and Michael Almereyda,

was released in Germany on September 12, 1991.

Music by Graeme Revell.

Songs included on the movie soundtrack:

Opening Title, by Graeme Revell; Sax and Violins, by Talking Heads; Summer Kisses, Winter Tears, by Julee Cruise; Move with Me (Dub), by Neneh Cherry; The Adversary, by Crime & the City Solution; What's Good, by Lou Reed; Last Night Sleep, by Can; Fretless, by R.E.M.; Days, by Elvis Costello; Claire's Theme, by Graeme Revell; (I'll Love You) Till the End of the World, by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds; It Takes Time, by Patti Smith (with Fred Smith); Death's Door, by Depeche Mode; Love Theme, by Graeme Revell; Calling All Angels (Remix Version), by Jane Siberry with k.d. lang; Humans from Earth, by T Bone Burnett; Sleeping in the Devil's Bed, by Daniel Lanois; Until the End of the World, by U2; Finale, by Graeme Revell; Trois Jeux d'enfants: Nze-nze-nze, performed by Aka Pygmies; Blood of Eden, written and performed by Peter Gabriel; Breakin' the Rules, written and performed by Robbie Robertson; Lagoons, performed by Gondwanaland; Travelin' Light, performed by the Boulevard of Broken Dreams Orchestra; The Twist, performed by Chubby Checker; Summer Kisses, Winter Tears, performed by Elvis Presley; La Vieil Homme De La Mer, performed by Laurent Petitgand.

Cast:

Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin, Chick Ortega, Eddy Mitchell, William Hurt, Adelle Lutz, Ernie Dingo, Jean-Charles Dumay, Sam Neill, Ernest Berk, Christine Oesterlein, Rüdiger Vogler, Diogo Dória, Amália Rodrigues, Elena Prudnikova, Jinzhan Zhang, Naoto Takenaka, Hiroshi Kanbe, Yugi Ogata, Miwako Fujitani, Kuniko Miyake, Chishû Ryû, Allen Garfield, Alec Jason, Lois Chiles, Lauren Graham, David Gulpilil, Fred Welsh, Charlie McMahon, Alfred Lynch, Jeanne Moreau, Justine Saunders, Kylie Belling, Bart Willoughby, Jimmy Little, Max von Sydow, Rhoda Roberts, Paul Livingston, Susan Leith, Detlef Winterberg, Jean-Marie Rase, Carmen Chaplin, Dolores Chaplin, Sylvette Dommartin, Peter Przygodda, Barbara Wenders, Hella Wenders, Michael Wenders, Erika Rabau, Lothar Wildhirth, Kazuhiko Uemura, Eric Beaver, Jerry Barrish, Michelle Cook, Bob Stewart, David Byrne, Tom Farrell, Tom Waits.