1982 · drama
The State of Things
Directed by Wim Wenders2h 1m1982
On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956). The producer is nowhere to be found and director Munro attempts to find him in hopes of being able to finish the film.
Our read: The State of Things (1982) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- signature
- intimate
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