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Grand Paris Texas

Grand Paris Texas

Presented by Arthouse at the Jones Center at Paramount Theatre

September 9, 2010

'Grand Paris Texas' interweaves the physical and social space of dead cinema, a forgotten song and the inhabitants of a small town. The Grand, a long abandoned movie theater in downtown Paris, serves as the main protagonist in a narrative that explores Paris as a meta-location constructed through celluloid and soundtrack, made famous by Wim Wenders's 1984 film that used the town's name, but was not shot in Paris, ...More

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