Alice in the Cities
Wim Wenders · 1974
Wim Wenders’ 1974 road film follows a stalled writer and a nine-year-old girl as they search across Germany for her estranged grandmother. Shot in black-and-white 16 mm by Robby Müller, it favours duration over exposition, silence over speech, and observation over explanation. Its power lies in restraint: in the weight of a glance, the rhythm of a bus ride, the quiet persistence of mutual attention.