Wim Wenders pays homage to Nicholas Ray, one of his filmmaking idols, in LIGHTNING OVER WATER, a poignant and often painful film in which Wenders and the terminally ill Ray attempt to make a film together in the last days before Ray's death in 1979.
In April of 1979, Wim Wenders takes a few weeks off from pre-production on his film HAMMETT (1983) to go to New York to visit his dying friend Nicholas Ray, who has recently had several operations for cancer. Ray tells Wenders that he's ready to start working again and proposes that they make a
film together. Wenders is initially reluctant, stating that he doesn't want to exploit Ray's suffering, but Ray tells him "t...
Released:
1980
Rated:
NR
Length:
91 mins