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- Commentary - an audio commentary with director Wim Wenders. This is a very technical commentary, one that focuses on a number of the film's key scenes, the specific locations used for them, the preparation efforts, etc.
- Wim Wenders - an interview with the director conducted by German journalist Roger Willemsen in 2001. In German, with optional English subtitles. (29 min, 1080i).
- The Road to Paris, Texas - interviews with Wim Wenders, cinematographer Robby Muller, composer Ry Cooder, actors Harry Dean Stanton, Peter Falk, Dennis Hopper, and Hanns Zischler, director Samuel Fuller, author Patricia Highsmith, and film critic Kraft Wetzel conducted in 1989 by director Paul Joyce for Lucida Productions. (43 min, 1080i). In English, not subtitled.
- Claire Denis and Allison Anders - Claire Denis and Allison Anders, who would go on to become renowned directors in their own right, served as first assistant director and production assistant, respectively, on Paris, Texas. Denis appears here in conversation with critic Kent Jones. And as part of her discussion, Anders reads from the diary she kept during the film's production. These interviews were filmed in October 2009. (47 min, 1080p).
- Cinema cinemas - this segment from the French television program Cinema cinemas, "Wim Wenders Hollywood April '84, " features Wim Wenders and composer Ry Cooder working on the score for Paris, Texas. It was directed by Claude Ventura and first broadcast on April 2, 1984. In French, with optional English subtitles. (13 min, 1080i).
- Deleted Scenes and Super 8 - a collage of deleted scenes from Paris, Texas with an optional commentary by director Wim Wenders (24 min, 1080i) and Super 8 footage set to music (7 min, 1080i).
- Galleries - two galleries: "Written in the West" (containing photos from director Wim Wenders' journey through Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California in 1983) and "Robin Holland".
- Trailer - (3 min, 1080i).
- Booklet - a 46-page illustrated booklet containing Nick Roddick's essay On the Road Again; interviews with Sam Shepard, Nastassja Kinski, Harry Dean Stanton, and Dean Stockwell; excerpts from the preface to "Written in the West", a collection of photographs which Wim Wenders took in 1983 while location-scouting for Paris, Texas; and technical information about the Blu-ray.
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