The State of Things
Original title: Der Stand der Dinge · Turkish title: Olayların Gidişi
“They didn't want to kill him. They just wanted a story.”
1982 · 2 h 1 min
Directed by 
Wim Wenders
Wim WendersCast
Patrick Bauchau 
Allen Garfield 
Samuel Fuller
Credits
Written by: Robert Kramer
Plot
A film crew is stranded in Portugal.
Sinekatalog’s take
Wim Wenders's black-and-white drama strands a film crew in Portugal with no money and no film stock. Melancholy and wry, with Samuel Fuller's cameo, it is a reflective, bleak meditation on cinema and its commerce.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (4,047 votes)
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