Synopsis

Two men have been hired to kill film producer Mike Max, who has built his career on exploiting violence. They  successfully abduct him but the next day their bodies are discovered, decapitated. Inspector Doc Block is in charge of investigating the case. He pieces together a plausible scenario : Mike Max was kidnapped but somehow freed himself and blew his kidnappers' heads off. Ex-NASA scientist Ray Bering by chance saw part of the crime on the surveillance screen in the top-secret laboratory he is setting up inside the Griffith Park Observatory. The system he is developing aims at putting an end to violence as we know it. The images Bering manages to capture are strangely blurred and difficult to read. And, he too is being observed...

Credits

Directed by - Wim Wenders

Writing credits
Nicholas Klein (story)
Wim Wenders (story)
Nicholas Klein

CAST(in credits order)
Traci Lind - Cat
Rosalind Chao - Claire
Bill Pullman - Mike Max
Andie MacDowell - Page
K. Todd Freeman - Six O One
Gabriel Byrne - Ray Bering
Chris Douridas - Technician
Pruitt Taylor Vince - Frank Cray

Produced by
Nicholas Klein -. producer
Deepak Nayar -. producer
Wim Wenders -. producer

Original Music by
Ry Cooder
DJ Shadow

Cinematography by - Pascal Rabaud

Film Editing by - Peter Przygodda

Awards

1 win & 4 nominations

• Nominee - ALMA Awards - Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film, Enrique Castillo/ Outstanding Feature Film
• Nominee - Cannes Film Festival - Golden Palm, Wim Wenders
• Winner - German Film Awards - Gold  Outstanding Individual Achievement: Direction
• Nominee - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director, Wim Wenders

Comments

'A sophisticated and pensive film about a subject that fills contemporary movies and fuels our fantasies. ' Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

'Pullman and the little-seen Lind are terrific, as is MacDowell.' Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Trivia

There is a scene in the film where we see a live recreation of the painting "Nighthawks" by Edward Hopper

Trailer