The End of Violence (1997)

Directed by

Wim Wenders

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, France, United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 77 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A surveillance expert and a Hollywood producer cross paths during a mysterious crime wave in Los Angeles. The film follows their separate journeys as they each grapple with violence and its consequences.

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What happens

The End of Violence is a 1997 American drama film by the German director Wim Wenders. The film's cast includes Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne, Traci Lind, Rosalind Chao, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Udo Kier, and Loren Dean, among others. It also features a soundtrack marked with the signature sounds of Wenders regulars Jon Hassell, Ry Cooder, and Bono. The film was praised by a select few critics for its cinematography, but performed poorly in the box office. It was entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. The film had a budget of $5 million, but only received $386,673 in its domestic box office. Like many other of Wenders' American films, the film was shot in multiple locations, for instance the Griffith Observatory in Griffith Park and the Santa Monica Pier. A scene in the film shows a live recreation of the painting Nighthawks by Edward Hopper. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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