The State of Things (1982) on Netflix
In Portugal, Friedrich Munro directs a black-and-white science fiction film called The Survivors. Money and film stock run out, and the producer, Gordon, has vanished.
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Plot summary
Friedrich Munro is in Portugal directing a black-and-white science fiction film titled The Survivors, about survivors on a post-apocalyptic Earth. The production runs out of money and film stock, and the shooting stops. The crew stays in an abandoned hotel, waiting for funds or word from Gordon, the producer, who has disappeared. As the wait goes on, the crew grows restless and bored. Munro sets out for Los Angeles to find Gordon, hoping the film can be finished.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The State of Things (1982)
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- The State of Things came about while Wim Wenders was shooting Hammett for Francis Ford Coppola, who interrupted that shoot to have the screenplay rewritten; Wenders then went to Portugal to help director Raúl Ruiz with film stock on The Territory.
- Leftover film stock from The State of Things was later used on the first third of Jim Jarmusch's 1984 black-and-white film Stranger Than Paradise.
