A brilliant reflection on cinema by the director of Wings of Desire
AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY
A film crew is shooting a remake of a science fiction film in Portugal, but money and film stock soon run out. The producer, a man named Gordon, is nowhere to be found, forcing the production to halt. Worried about their future, the actors and crew tirelessly await a possible resumption of filming and drink themselves into oblivion at night. The director, Friedrich Munro, tries to keep the project afloat…
The State of Things draws heavily on Wim Wenders' first Hollywood experience on his film Hammett – the filming of which had to be interrupted several times . This mise en abyme of cinema, in which we encounter directors Samuel Fuller and Roger Corman, questions the differences between European and American modes of production. and joins the pantheon of great reflective works on the seventh art, such as Day for Night or Contempt . Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1982 Venice Film Festival, The State of Things can be discovered on Blu-ray™ in its 4K restoration supervised by the Wim Wenders Foundation.
THE STATE OF THINGS by Wim Wenders
(1982 - Color - 123 min)
New 4K restoration
Original version with French subtitles
Blu-ray Edition
Never before released on Blu-ray
EXTRAS (IN HD)
WIM WENDERS INTERVIEWED BY ROGER WILLEMSEN (18 min)
In this interview conducted in 2001, director Wim Wenders talks about this feature film shot day by day in Portugal with the team from the film The Territory by Raoul Ruiz, which gave him the desire to direct again in the United States.
DELETED SCENES (28 min)
ORIGINAL TRAILER
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BD 50 • HIGH DEFINITION MASTER • 1080/23.98p • AVC ENCODING
Original Version DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 • French Subtitles
1.66 aspect ratio respected • Black & White • Film Length: 123 minutes
Release date: October 7, 2025
