The State of Things (1982)

TOMATOMETER

——

——

Critic Consensus: No consensus yet.

AUDIENCE SCORE

84%

Want to See

Not Interested

Add Rating
My Rating    

Movie Info

Wim Wenders' The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge) was financed by one of the director's chief mentors, Francis Ford Coppola. This highly autobiographical work concerns a shoestring movie producer and his ragtag crew. Stranded in the outer reaches of Portugal, the director doesn't even have any film in his camera. There's nothing left to do but scare up a potential backer--preferably one of those rich, movie-mad Americans. In illustrating the plight of the fictional filmmakers, Wenders strikes a blow on behalf of the homeless and disenfranchised everywhere; it is also an a clef recreation of the difficulties faced by the director during production of his first American film Hammett (also made under the auspices of Coppola).

Cast

Patrick Bauchau
as Friedrich
Paul Getty Jr.
Isabelle Weingarten
as Anna
Samuel Fuller
as Joe Cameraman
Viva
as Kate
Jeffrey Kime
as Mark
Roger Corman
as Lawyer
Paul Getty III
as Dennis, Writer
Rebecca Pauly
as Joan
Geoffrey Carey
as Robert
Alexandra Auder
as Jane
Francisco Baião
as Soundman
Monty Bane
as Herbert
Allen Garfield
as Gordon
Robert Kramer
as Camera operator
Camilla More
as Julia
Janet Rasak
as Karen
Artur Semedo
as Production Manager
View All

Critic Reviews for The State of Things

All Critics (4)

An engrossing examination of movie-making.

Aug 19, 2004 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Spirituality and Practice
View All Critic Reviews (4)

Audience Reviews for The State of Things

This project was an enraged answer to Coppola's intervention on Hammett.Wenders was of course furious by the blockbuster thoughts of his American "partner" and upon his return to Germany,he decided to do things by himself.A fabulous director's movie was made in a cheap budget,providing numerous cine-wonders and references to noir,experimental film and sci-fi (the primary sequence is an ideal homage to Wise).

Dimitris Springer
Dimitris Springer

Super Reviewer

View All

The State of Things Quotes

There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.

News & Features