Lightning Over Water

Lightning Over Water 1980 Directed by Wim Wenders , Nicholas Ray

Director 'Nicholas Ray' is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders is working on his own film Hammett (1983) in Hollywood, but flies to New York to help Ray realize his final wish. Ray's original intent is to make a fiction film about a dying painter who sails to China to find a cure for his disease. He and Wenders discuss this idea, but it is obviously unrealistic given Ray's state of health.

Countries Germany , Sweden

Production Countries Germany , Sweden

Language English

Spoken Languages English , French , German

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Basis-Film-Verleih GmbH

Release Date 1 October 1980

91 mins