Alice In The Cities
(1974)
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German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer's block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) and while the mother asks Winter to mind Alice temporarily, it quickly becomes apparent that Alice will be his responsibility for longer than he expected. |
Introducing themes that would recur in Wrong Move, Kings of the Road and Paris, Texas, Wim Wenders's road movie provides an amusing, affectionate and yet quietly critical portrait of 1970s America. Often employing a subjective camera technique, Wenders places the viewer at the heart of the odyssey so that we can experience the sights and sounds of the eastern seaboard exactly as photojournalist Rüdiger Vogler and his nine-year-old companion Yella Rottlander see them. The search for the girl's grandmother is virtually irrelevant, as it is how this odd couple react to each other and their ever-changing environment that is important. Wenders's regular cameraman, Robby Müller, provides the superb photography.
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