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Film Director Wim Wenders Goes Back to Germany

Wenders, known for films like Paris, Texas and Hammett, returned to his home country to make his newest movie, Wings of Desire. Strongly influenced by American westerns, he's associated with the New German Cinema movement of the late 1960s.

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Wim Wender Returns to Germany for His New Film.

Film director Wim Wender. His films include "The American Friend," "Alice in the Cities" "Kings of the Road," and "Paris, Texas." Though his subject matter seems mundane, - a cross-country trip by two men in a van, a day in the life of a disgruntled soccer goalie - Wender shapes his stories into something much more deliberate and affecting. Wender's new film, set in his native Germany, is titled "Wings of Desire."

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