Lisbon Story. Wim Wenders (1994)

Lisbon Story is partially a sequel to Wenders' 1982 film, The State of Things. The fictitious movie director in in the previous film, Friedrich Munro, reappears, again played by Patrick Bauchau. InLisbon Story Friedrich has moved to Lisbon, Portugal (the country in which The State of Thingswas set). The principal character, Philip Winter (Rüdiger Vogler), a sound engineer, receives a postcard invitation from Fredrich to come to Lisbon to record sounds of the capital city for one of his films. This sets in motion a mysterious Wendersian quest. Lisbon Story features performance of Madredeus, a famous Portuguese musical group, and a cameo by Manoel de Oliveira, the oldest active director alive.

The State of Things. Wim Wenders (1982)

A German film crew is in Portugal to shoot a black and white remake of Roger Corman's 1955science fiction B movie Day the World Ended about the survivors of a nuclear holocaust. The remake is titled The Survivors. The production runs out of film and money and the director, Friedrich Munro (the name alludes to director legend Friedrich Murnau) played by Patrick Bauchau, who cannot reach his producer, Gordon, and so sets off to find him. The crew waits for Friedrich's return in an abandoned hotel. As they grow restless and bored, the film depicts some of their philosophical thoughts and emotional reactions, focusing on the themes of cinema, illusion and reality. Friedrich eventually manages to track the producer (Allen Garfield) in Los Angeles, who is in mortal danger because of money he owes to the Mafia.