Lightning Over Water
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.
- Overview
- Cast
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Lightning Over Water
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 1, 1980
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
68%
Original Title
Lightning Over Water
Production Companies
Basis-Film-Verleih GmbH
Director
Nicholas Ray
Description
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.
