Spoiler Scale (How spoilerly is this article on a scale of 1 to 10?):  8   Paris, Texas (1984) arose from the unlikely pairing of New German Cinema director Wim Wenders and the American award-winning playwright/poet Sam Shepard.  Set entirely in the American Southwest, the film opens with mythological overtones as an eagle in flight spies the lone Travis (Harry Dean Stanton) traversing the expanse of Big Bend.  Ry Cooder’s slide guitar chimes in with a rendition ... Read More »