Publisher/Schirmer Art Books

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"Written in the West (Softcover)" is a photobook by Wim Wenders, a German film director and photographer. Wenders is known as a versatile artist, using photography, painting, and writing as creative sources for his filmmaking. He is a Japanophile, frequently visiting Japan and traveling the world to select filming locations. He deeply admires Yasujiro Ozu, and in 2009 published the photobook "Journey to Onomichi" as an homage to Japan and Ozu. He is also an artist greatly influenced by American culture, and is famous for his road movie masterpiece "Paris, Texas," a collaboration with screenwriter Sam Shepard that won the Palme d'Or at the 37th Cannes International Film Festival. This book is comprised of photographs taken during the production of "Paris, Texas," showcasing vast and desolate landscapes, clear blue skies, and numerous fragments of primary colors. Set in the untamed lands of the American West, where the myth of the frontier still lingers, this is a Wenders-esque drama, a true American Dream. German edition, softcover.