Wim Wenders Sets First-Ever India Tour With Career Retrospective (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) is mounting “Wim Wenders – King of the Road – The India Tour,” marking the German filmmaker’s first visit to India at age 79.
The retrospective, organized with the Wim Wenders Foundation and Goethe-Institut Mumbai, will showcase 18 of his works across five cities from Feb.
5-23. The program spans Wenders’ 50-year career, from his New German Cinema origins through recent works, featuring restored prints of features, documentaries and shorts.
Cities on the tour include Mumbai, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata and New Delhi, with Wenders attending screenings and participating in Q&As with audiences and film students. “It seems astonishing that somehow, India fell off the map,” Wenders said about his extensive global travels. “Not just because it is a country with an abundance of landscapes and images to explore, but also because it is a country where cinema is like a religion.” The lineup includes his Palme d’Or winner “Paris, Texas” (1984), Oscar-nominated “Buena Vista Social Club” (1999), and “Wings of Desire” (1987), which earned him Best Director at Cannes.
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