Lightning Over Water

1980 1h 31m ★6.6

Documentary

Lightning Over Water

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.

Release Date October 1, 1980

Runtime 1h 31m

Country Germany

Language English

Director Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray

Category Documentary

Rating 6.6 / 10 (TMDb)

Year 1980