An aging cowboy movie star deserts a film set and tries to reconnect with his mother, whom he hasn't seen in thirty years, only to learn that he has a child he never knew about.
Director: Wim Wenders
Stars: Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377800/
Watched on AmazonPrime.
14 songs in the Soundtracks, 13 Written by T Bone Burnett, a couple with a second writer, the title song by Bono & The Edge.
This has precious little to do with music; the unknown son is a singer (songwriter?) wannabe.
If they specified why actor SS bolted from the desert location where they were shooting a film, I missed it. He heads for a visit to mom, which is uneventful except for learning he has a child. Then he heads toward that location and renews his acquaintance with JL, mother of said child. The y.a. son is angry to meet him, and they do not bond. SS is dragged back to the film set. SS & JL might be headed back together, maybe not. I just don't care.
Boring. Avoid.
SS has writing credit for story (with dir. WW) & screenplay. Per IMDb: Lived with Jessica Lange from 1982 to 2009.
distr. Sony, dir. Wenders; 5
