Wim Wenders on European Cinema and the American Western

Wim Wenders is, unquestionably, one of the greatest storytellers of our time. His ability to communicate the depth of the human condition is perhaps unparallelled within contemporary cinema – and was, in fact, first borne of a childhood fascination with the American Western. The antithesis to the post-war ruins of his hometown of Düsseldorf, their broad, sweeping landscapes and existential suffering are vividly imprinted on his films which are often, as he explains,…