Lightning Over Water
1980 · Documentary · 91 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Director 'Nicholas Ray' is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders is working on his own film "Hammett" (1983) in Hollywood, but flies to New York to help Ray realize his final wish. Ray's original intent is to make a fiction film about a dying painter who sails to China to find a cure for his disease. He and Wenders discuss this idea, but it is obviously unrealistic given Ray's state of health.
Direction Wim Wenders · Nicholas Ray
Cast Nicholas Ray · Wim Wenders · Susan Ray · Tim Ray · Ronee Blakley · Gerry Bamman
Soundtrack Ronee Blakley
Screenplay Wim Wenders · Nicholas Ray
Cinematography Edward Lachman · Martin Schäfer
Original title Lightning Over Water
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996 votes (FilmAffinity)
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