Softcover with semi-rigid pictorial covers.Oblong 4to. 100 pp. Color photo plates (62) with an in-depth interview with Wim Wenders, conducted by Alain Bergala. From the inner flap blurb: "In preparation for his movie Paris, Texas in late 1983, German filmmaker Wim Wenders traveled the West equipped with a 6x7 medium format camera in search of subjects and locations that would bring this desolate landscape to life. Driving the empty highways of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California he was transfixed by the vastness of a country saturated with light and color and energized by the American cowboy mystique. Even in the 20th century had lost none of its evocative, mythic power. This collection of lush, colorful photographs displays dramatic, visually arresting images, haunting vistas and the poetic dilapidation of a country touched by man but ruled by nature."