The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
The State of Things
When
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Described by Wenders as a dark investigation into his profession, this low budget, noirish art-imitates-life work came about when he discovered a film production (Raúl Ruiz’s severely troubled The Territory) stalled for lack of funds. Offering to help fix things if he could use the crew to make a film – immediately – Wenders created this brilliant film-within-a-film about a remake of a Roger Corman (cameo alert!) apocalyptic science-fiction B-movie that has, unsurprisingly, stalled due to a lack of funds and film stock. Featuring Samuel Fuller, Allen Garfield and Viva.
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