Nicholas Ray,
Wim Wenders,
Gerry Bamman,
Ronee Blakely,
Pierre Cottrell
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Lightning Over Water is a penetrating documentary of the last days of cult film director Nicholas Ray. The film was lovingly assembled by Wim Wenders, whose idolatry of Ray is obvious in virtually eve... read more
Directed by: Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders, Becky Johnston, Chris Sievernich, Craig T. Nelson, Edward Lachman, Gerry Bamman, Martin Schäfer, Pierre Cottrell, Ronee Blakley, Tommy Farrell
Release Date: January 1, 1980
DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004
Stats: 36 reviews
Lightning over Water is a fascinating documentary of sorts, it's an interesting project I've not seen before or since anyway. Nicholas Ray was a charismatic director and also a bit of a workaholic, only really truly happy when working on a film. That is where it's hard to say if ... read more
A poignant and often painful film in which Wenders and the terminally ill Ray attempt to make a film together in the last days before Ray's death in 1979. Full Review
Unquestionably the worst movie of Wim Wenders' career and indeed one of the worst movies ever made... Full Review
Wenders adds in some cruddy early-80s video from time to time, and the film is an odd mixture of powerful emotions and rambling nothingness. Full Review
Even with its painful contradictions and discomfitures, it's that current rarity: one for the heart. Full Review
It is obviously a sincere homage from a younger director to the older man, but it remains dubious and smacks of exploitation. Full Review
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