What Are The Similarities Between Wendy And Lucy And Paris Texas

“Wendy and Lucy” and “Paris, Texas” are two very similar films. Though they are alike in many ways, they are also very different as well. The camera work in both films helped showing the struggle, experience and most importantly emotions of the two main characters. We can compare these two movies to real life. “Wendy and Lucy”, directed by Kelly Reichardt in 2008, follows the life of a struggling girl named Wendy who is travelling with her dog Lucy. Wendy is desperately driving up to Alaska to find work. But her car breaks down somewhere in a small Oregon town, and with little money and nowhere to live, she is terrifyingly close to staying there forever as a homeless person. “Paris, Texas”, directed by Wim Wenders in 1984, is the story of man,

The viewers are able to see Wendy playing with her dog. The camera captures that scene from distance showing Lucy and Wendy’s surroundings. There is no timetable here. Nowhere Wendy came from, nowhere she’s going to, no plan except to get her car fixed and feed her dog. Through the camera work, the viewers know about Wendy’s financial problems. Her financial situation is never truly discussed in the film, only indicated, yet it is clear that she was struggling financially. On the other hand, in the movie “Paris, Texas”, the opening scene shows Travis walking out of the desert, the camera moves closely to his face and then moves far from him to show his surroundings. Like in “Wendy and Lucy” movie, in “Paris, Texas” The viewers don’t know anything about where Travis came from, how he got to the this point, and his views about the world. But the movie’s story is simply told and shown through camera. In “Wendy and Lucy”, the viewers are only presented with Wendy’s current struggles, contrary to “Paris, Texas” that shows the relationship between Travis’ past and present

She then tries to steal a can of dog food from a local grocery store, where she got caught. When she was at the police station, she looked terrified, but she managed to stay calm. The camera was shooting at her closely that we could see her cheeks flushing, her eyes focused on the wall clock, Wendy is all alone in this movie, she has no one except for Lucy. She got into trouble and got herself out of it. Deep inside, she did not give up. However, in “Paris, Texas” When Travis asks for water at a gas station, he then collapses, and is taking to a local hospital. His brother Walt Henderson comes to get him. Travis had his loyal brother to help him get through his problems. Wendy however did not have anyone. There was an important element in “Wendy and Lucy” that helped the viewers understand the film, even though it does not present a lot of background information, that element is the scene where Wendy calls her brother, which shows their relationship and his role in Wendy’s current financial situation. When Walt finds his brother, he would not speak. At that point, I was thinking if Travis could even speak. When he finally spoke, the viewers learn more about his past. The viewers are not shown or told the whole story in the beginning, but they gradually learn pieces of the story: Hunter was left with Walt and his wife by Travis’ wife Jane, who couldn’t take care of him anymore, but who sends a