Lightning Over Water
- 1980
- 1h 31m
Wim Wenders abandons the shoot of one of his own films in order to help his friend and fellow director Nicholas Ray create his swan song before he dies.Wim Wenders abandons the shoot of one of his own films in order to help his friend and fellow director Nicholas Ray create his swan song before he dies.Wim Wenders abandons the shoot of one of his own films in order to help his friend and fellow director Nicholas Ray create his swan song before he dies.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination
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- TriviaFinal film directed by Nicholas Ray; this also marks as his first documentary.
- Quotes
Wim Wenders: I didn't come here to talk about dying Nic... but we might have to.
Nicholas Ray: But we might have to?
Wim Wenders: I was looking forward to seeing you, because I need your advice. You told me on the phone that you wanted to see me, but I was afraid to come too. And I think I'd rather tell you right now; why. I was aware that I'd see you in weakness, and... that... you might be worried about being seen this way. But I feel it's okay now. There is something else that came to my mind in the plane last night, that I'm actually more afraid of. I thought that I could find myself being attracted to your weakness, or to your suffering, and... if I realized I was, I think I would have to leave you. It would feel like abusing you... or betraying you.
Nicholas Ray: That won't happen.
Wim Wenders: Good! So what are our plans for the rest of the day?
- Alternate versionsAfter Nicholas Ray died, Wim Wenders was too depressed to help edit the film, so he left it to Peter Przygodda. Przygodda spent a year working on it, and this was the 116-minute version shown at the Cannes Film Festival. Wenders, however, was disturbed by this version and found it depressing and obscure. He spent three months with Chris Sievernich re-editing the film. Aside from cutting more than 25 minutes, he added more footage of Susan Ray as well as his narration of Ray's diary. This 91-minute version is the one distributed by the Wim Wenders foundation.
- ConnectionsEdited from Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre (1979)
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Performed by Ronee Blakley
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- Nick's Film - Lightning Over Water
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- $700,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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