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State of Things, The (Stand der Dinge, Der)
A story about a group of film producers making a science fiction movie in the exteriors of Portugal.The black and white movie talks about a world-wide nuclear catastrophe, and instead of a classical story it features a mosaic of situations. This is the reason for the producer's bankruptcy. However, the actors start identifying themselves with the main characters of the movie...
Wim Wenders was born in Düsseldorf in 1945. He abandoned studies in Medicine and Philosophy to become a painter, but in Paris he discovered cinema instead. He attended film school in Munich from 1967-1970, and then started to direct and produce his own films. He has received numerous international awards, including the Golden Lion (1982), the Golden Palm (1984), the European Film Award (1988), and a Silver Bear (2000). He is a professor at the Hamburg Academy of Arts, and lives partly in America, partly in Berlin. A selection of his acclaimed films includes: THE GOALKEEPER'S FEAR OF THE PENALTY (1971), ALICE IN THE CITIES (1973), IN THE COURSE OF TIME (1976), THE AMERICAN FRIEND (1977), HAMMETT (1982), THE STATE OF THINGS (1982), PARIS, TEXAS (1984), WINGS OF DESIRE (1987), UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (1991), FARAWAY, SO CLOSE! (1993), LISBON STORY (1994), THE END OF VIOLENCE (1997), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (1998), THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL (2000), THE SOUL OF A MAN (2003), LAND OF PLENTY (2004), DON'T COME KNOCKING (2005), PALERMO SHOOTING (2008), and PINA (2011), among others.
Genre Comedy, Drama
Category Feature
Year of Production 1982
Director Wim Wenders
Screenplay Wim Wenders, Robert Kramer
Directors of Photography Henri Alekan, Martin Schaefer, Fred Murphy
Editor Barbara von Weitershausen
Music by Juergen Knieper
Cast Allen Goorwitz, Isabelle Weingarten, Patrick Bauchau, Paul Getty III, Rebecca Pauly, Roger Corman, Samuel Fuller
Production Companies Road Movies Filmproduktion/Berlin, Wim Wenders Production/Munich & Berlin, ZDF/Mainz
Festivals Venice 1982
Awards Best Film Venice 1982, German Film Award 1983
Category Feature
Year of Production 1982
Director Wim Wenders
Screenplay Wim Wenders, Robert Kramer
Directors of Photography Henri Alekan, Martin Schaefer, Fred Murphy
Editor Barbara von Weitershausen
Music by Juergen Knieper
Cast Allen Goorwitz, Isabelle Weingarten, Patrick Bauchau, Paul Getty III, Rebecca Pauly, Roger Corman, Samuel Fuller
Production Companies Road Movies Filmproduktion/Berlin, Wim Wenders Production/Munich & Berlin, ZDF/Mainz
Festivals Venice 1982
Awards Best Film Venice 1982, German Film Award 1983
