Abstract
In his road movies Wim Wendes borrows from the utopian thinking of previous centuries, New Age thought, and Christian religion and thus creates a postmodern utopian bricolage. Exploring the redemptive potential of traditional concepts of utopia, Wenders is most strongly indebted to Modernist writers with whom he shares the notion of a utopia reduced to an intensified moment of empathetic perception.
| Translated title of the contribution | "Life...one Glance is Enough": The Utopian Moment in Wim Wenders's Road Movies |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 64-83 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Monatshefte |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 |
Keywords
- Wim Wenders, New German Cinema, auteur cinema, road movie, utopia