Lightning Over Water

Lightning Over Water is a 1980 documentary film by Wim Wenders and Nicholas Ray about the last days of Rays own life the director was most famous for his 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause. It was screened out of competition at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.

The film crew is extensively featured onscreen. Jim Jarmusch, Rays personal assistant at the time and later a notable film director in his own right can be briefly glimpsed at the 5028 mark sitting at an editing console.When Wenders goes to the Vassar campus to attend a lecture, a brief oneman performance is seen onstage. It is Franz Kafkas story A Report for an Academy, about an ape who becomes a man. ........

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