The Village Voice, October 12th, 2005
TRACKING SHOTS
The end of relevance: Wenders whiffs at social commentary
LAND OF PLENTY
Directed by Wim Wenders
IFC, October 12 through 18, IFC Center
His seminal intersection with Sam Shepard notwithstanding, Wim Wenders has become no one's idea of a frontline commentator on American social tectonics, but he keeps stepping up to bat, swinging with head full of jukebox noise, and whiffing. Like The End of Violence and The Million Dollar hotel, Land of Plenty is a woozy fantasia on California dreaming, all agog at urban strife and blabby with redundant voiceover. Wenders (assisted by write...
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