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Lightning Over Water

In 1979, award-winning German filmmaker Wim Wenders ("Wings of Desire") travelled to New York City to make a movie with legendary auteur Nicholas Ray as he lay dying of terminal cancer. Surrounded by family and friends, the director of such Hollywood classics as "Rebel Without a Cause", "Johnny Guitar" and "They Live By Night" reflects on a career of triumphs and compromises as he faces his final days with hope, humour and the fierce independent spirit that defined his greatest works. Together, Ray and Wenders create a film that is more than a documentary, telling an extraordinarily moving story about collaboration that goes beyond friendship, and ultimately, a life in cinema that transcends death itself.

Year: 1980
Genre: Documentaries, Film On Film, Filmmaking, Biography
Country: Germany
Director: Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders
Starring: Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders, Susan Ray, Tom Farrell
Duration: 90 Minutes
Rating: PG
6.7/10
Location in store: Documentary (Film On Film)

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