WIM WENDERS - Writer / Director

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 84 - WIM WENDERS - WRITER / DIRECTOR

Writer and director Wim Wenders (PERFECT DAYS; WINGS OF DESIRE; PARIS, TEXAS) joins us on this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. Early on in the conversation, Wim recounts waiting in the toilet stalls as a student in Paris and watching over 1000 movies in a year before realizing working in film was his way forward. Wim walks us through his first three features, including a disastrous visit to the Venice Film Festival, and reveals how those experiences led to the genesis of his first road movie: ALICE IN THE CITIES. After a winding trip through the American West, Wim was wooed by colour photography and reveals how he and late, great Sam Shepard willed PARIS, TEXAS into existence. Wim later reflects on wrestling with expectations on its followup, WINGS OF DESIRE, and the welcoming invitation to study toilets in Japan that led to the wonderful PERFECT DAYS, which he likens to a documentary about a fictional character. We also learn which of Wim’s many films is his favourite, and we venture a guess at the future of filmmaking and filmgoing.

This episode is sponsored by Godox & the Dallas Film Commission

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to season two of the Team Deacons podcast, a collection of
0:08.8	informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and a guest.
0:13.0	We never know where the conversation will take us,
0:16.0	so listen in and see where it goes.
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1:15.0	This episode is sponsored by the Dallas Film Commission,
1:22.0	which is dedicated to showcasing Dallas as a
1:25.0	premier destination for productions of all sizes. The Dallas Film
1:29.9	Commission offers a wide range of support with their expertise in locations,
1:35.0	talented crews, top-notch sound stages, and enticing incentives.
1:40.0	Meet the Dallas Film Commission at the Film U.S.A. Pavilion at the Khan Film Festival, May 14th to the 24th.
1:49.0	Today we're speaking with a director. His credits are many and include The American Friend, Wings of Desire, Paris, Texas, and Perfect Days. We're pleased to welcome VIM vendors.
2:04.0	VIM thank you for doing this.
2:05.0	Well, pleasure is mine, team deacons.
2:08.0	Think deacons.
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