Report from Hollywood

Synopsis

“It may be worse than Portugal,” observes cinematographer Henri Alekan about a Los Angeles film lab while on the set of Wim Wenders’ The State of Things (1984). A legendary production and a transitional work for the New German Cinema director as his work became increasingly international, Wenders set out to make a film about filmmaking as funding stalled on the American production of Hammett. The State of Things deals with American and European sensibilities about cinema, and he enlisted Lachman to film and document the film being made in Los Angeles. Made for German television, completed in 1985 and unseen outside of Germany, Lachman’s portrait of Wenders at work features striking filmmaking and location photography of Los Angeles in the 1980s, and serves as a candid glimpse into European encounters with American culture at the time.

Main Cast

Wim Wenders

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Samuel Fuller

Age : N/A | Popularity : 27%

Allen Garfield

Age : N/A | Popularity : 48%

Patrick Bauchau

Age : 86 | Popularity : 92%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Edward Lachman
Department	Role	Name

Join the discussion