Lightning Over Water
1980 · 91 min
Documentary
★ 6.6Criterion
Director 'Nicholas Ray' is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders is working on his own film Hammett (1983) in Hollywood, but flies to New York to help Ray realize his final wish. Ray's original intent is to make a fiction film about a dying painter who sails to China to find a cure for his disease. He and Wenders discuss this idea, but it is obviously unrealistic given Ray's state of health.
Crew
- Director Nicholas Ray
- Director Wim Wenders
- Writer Wim Wenders
- Writer Nicholas Ray
- Director of Photography Martin Schäfer
- Director of Photography Edward Lachman
Cast
Crew
- Director — Nicholas Ray
- Director — Wim Wenders
- Writer — Wim Wenders
- Writer — Nicholas Ray
- Director of Photography — Martin Schäfer
- Director of Photography — Edward Lachman
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