Lightning Over WaterMovie
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.
About Lightning Over Water
Lightning Over Water is a 1980 documentary movie directed by Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 31m, production credits from Germany, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray, Susan Ray, Tom Farrell. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
