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Paris, Texas

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Paris, Texas	label	Paris, Texas
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Paris, Texas	comment	Paris, Texas is a 1984 film by German filmmaker Wim Wenders. It stars Harry Dean Stanton (in a rare leading man role), Dean Stockwell and Nastassja Kinski.Set in the vast Mojave desert, the film tells the story of Travis, a man found aimlessly wondering the empty roads while suffering from memory loss; he is found by his brother and sister-in-law, who proceed to attempt to reunite him with his seven-year-old son, Hunter, who he hasn't seen in four years. Upon regaining his memory and bonding with his son, Travis decides to go looking for the boy's mother, whose whereabouts are unknown.
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Paris, Texas / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: Several. First time it's Walt in the car when seeing the picture of the lot Travis bought.
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Paris, Texas / int_1c21e3fb	type	The Place
Paris, Texas / int_1c21e3fb	comment	The Place: Paris, Texas. Though we never get to visit the place.
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Paris, Texas / int_1f250372	type	I Need a Freaking Drink
Paris, Texas / int_1f250372	comment	I Need a Freaking Drink: Travis hits a pub after his first encounter with Jane.
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Paris, Texas / int_21f3e32e	type	Chekhov's Boomerang
Paris, Texas / int_21f3e32e	comment	Chekhov's Boomerang: The walkie-talkies Hunter wants for the ride come in handy when they split out to look for Jane at the bank. Later Travis uses one to record a message to Hunter.
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Paris, Texas / int_234fa9ba	type	Mayâ€“December Romance
Paris, Texas / int_234fa9ba	comment	May–December Romance: Travis is over 35 years Jane senior, if not more. It'd be difficult to call it a romance though. Many viewers have reported being irritated by the age gap being too unrealistic.
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Paris, Texas / int_297ab1b9	type	Parental Abandonment
Paris, Texas / int_297ab1b9	comment	Parental Abandonment: Hunter's parents have disappeared for four years at the start of the movie. Subverted because his dad is found at the beginning of the movie. In the end, he is reunited with his mother again. Double subverted, because his father then leaves him again.
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Paris, Texas / int_29ee1e5b	type	Regional Riff
Paris, Texas / int_29ee1e5b	comment	Regional Riff: The film is set in Texas and the entire soundtrack consists of country-style slide guitar, courtesy of one Ry Cooder.
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Paris, Texas / int_3b0bd0ab	type	Thirsty Desert
Paris, Texas / int_3b0bd0ab	comment	Thirsty Desert: Travis collapses out of dehydration after crossing the dessert at the beginning.
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Paris, Texas / int_3f11ef74	type	Parental Substitute
Paris, Texas / int_3f11ef74	comment	Parental Substitute: Walt and Anne adopt their nephew Hunter after his parents have disappeared. Hunter calls them dad and mom.
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Paris, Texas / int_421ae215	type	Mysterious Past
Paris, Texas / int_421ae215	comment	Mysterious Past: It is never quite explained what Travis has been doing on his own for four years, or how he wound up walking around, nearly dehydrated, in the middle of the desert.
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Paris, Texas / int_4885c04b	type	Road Trip Plot
Paris, Texas / int_4885c04b	comment	Road Trip Plot: A quintessential one. Travis travel across West Texas and Southern California. Ironically though, they never actually reach Paris.
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Paris, Texas / int_49a2599d	type	Platonic Prostitution
Paris, Texas / int_49a2599d	comment	Platonic Prostitution: Jane and the other Sexy Nurse stripper mention that they are used just listen to their customers.
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Paris, Texas / int_50b9b3d0	type	Crazy Jealous Guy
Paris, Texas / int_50b9b3d0	comment	Crazy Jealous Guy: Travis imagined that Jane was seeing other men when he was working. He became abusive to her because of that.
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Paris, Texas / int_55b1f9a1	type	Easy Amnesia
Paris, Texas / int_55b1f9a1	comment	Easy Amnesia: Travis has some sort of memory loss at the start of the film, which goes away and is never mentioned again after he spends some time with his family and watches old homemade films.
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Paris, Texas / int_590eb583	type	Domestic Abuse
Paris, Texas / int_590eb583	comment	Domestic Abuse: Travis was abusive with Jane when they were in a relationship. In the end, he locked Jane up in their trailer.
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Paris, Texas / int_8829dfa0	type	What the Hell Is That Accent?
Paris, Texas / int_8829dfa0	comment	What the Hell Is That Accent?: Nastassja Kinski doesn't quite master her character's Texan accent, and periodically lapses back into her native German one, creating a kind of weird hybrid dialect that's impossible to pin down. It's more noticeable than it would be otherwise since she's the only one in the film with any notable accent whatsoever, except Anne, Walt's very French wife.
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Paris, Texas / int_8970d739	type	The One That Got Away
Paris, Texas / int_8970d739	comment	The One That Got Away: Jane. At the beginning of the film she's been missing for four years, with the majority of Travis' actions being motivated by his memories of her and desire to reconnect. Travis finds her in the end.
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Paris, Texas / int_8d0461e2	type	Destructive Romance
Paris, Texas / int_8d0461e2	comment	Destructive Romance: Travis and Jane. They loved each other, but in the end Travis locked Jane up in their trailer, Jane escaped and set fire to the trailer, while Travis was sleeping inside.
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Paris, Texas / int_945a09d5	type	The End Is Nigh
Paris, Texas / int_945a09d5	comment	The End Is Nigh: The lunatic on the bridge spouting off about the evils of the world.
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Paris, Texas / int_9853e107	type	Elective Mute
Paris, Texas / int_9853e107	comment	Elective Mute: In the beginning, Travis does not say a word, because of a psychological trauma. After he spends some time with his brother, he starts talking.
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Paris, Texas / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Paris, Texas / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Hunter is a big fan of Star Wars. He says that the home movie was made "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." There are also Star Wars pillows in his bedroom.
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Paris, Texas / int_c919de1d	type	"London, England" Syndrome
Paris, Texas / int_c919de1d	comment	"London, England" Syndrome: Played straight with the movie title but subverted in-universe. A man is going around with a photograph telling people it is of Paris, even though it is clear that the photo shows a desert landscape. Incidentally, the real Paris, Texas looks nothing like what is shown in the photo. Paris, Texas the movie is shot in the deserts of West Texas, which is all rugged desert, while Paris, Texas the city is in East Texas, which is mostly grass plains and forest.
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Paris, Texas / int_d36b9a69	type	Precious Photo
Paris, Texas / int_d36b9a69	comment	Precious Photo: Travis kept a photo of himself and Jane which he later bestows to his son.
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Paris, Texas / int_e6132e31	type	Old Flame
Paris, Texas / int_e6132e31	comment	Old Flame: In the end, Travis finds his ex-lover Jane. They are both very moved, which shows that they still have feelings for each other. Subverted, because they also realize that it is not possible to get back together, and Travis decides to go away.
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Paris, Texas / int_e7e558	type	The Oner
Paris, Texas / int_e7e558	comment	The Oner: The last scene in the stripper booth where Jane talks about her experience is done in one take of 8 minutes.
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Paris, Texas / int_e8cfde67	type	Ambiguous Disorder
Paris, Texas / int_e8cfde67	comment	Ambiguous Disorder: Travis suffers from loss of memory which he successively recovers from. He is afraid of flying and displays some autistic behavior when insisting to continue their road trip in the same car they had before. The exact nature of his disorder is never revealed though.
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Paris, Texas / int_f8394279	type	Happier Home Movie
Paris, Texas / int_f8394279	comment	Happier Home Movie: Travis watches a home movie of the time he and Jane were still together.
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Paris, Texas / int_fb7bc4a8	type	Never Trust a Title
Paris, Texas / int_fb7bc4a8	comment	Never Trust a Title: None of the film actually takes place in Paris, Texas, though the town is repeatedly mentioned in dialogue and acts as a recurring thematic motif.
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Paris, Texas / int_fed93e1b	type	Dark and Troubled Past
Paris, Texas / int_fed93e1b	comment	Dark and Troubled Past: The film takes its time revealing what exactly had happened between the seemingly happy couple of Travis and Jane. It turns out he was abusive towards her and kept her locked in their home, and when she escaped, she tried to burn him alive along with the rest of the house.
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