

Lightning Over Water (1980)
- NR
- 10/01/1980 (US)
- Documentary
- 1h 31m
Overview
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.
Wim Wenders
Writer, DirectorNicholas Ray
Director, WriterCast

Wim Wenders
Self
Nicholas Ray
SelfSusan Ray
Self
Tom Farrell
Self
Ronee Blakley
Self
Gerry Bamman
SelfPierre Cottrell
Self