# The State of Things

The State of Things at The Metrograph, Saturday 14 November 2026, 20:00.

- Price: from $12
- Venue: The Metrograph, Ludlow Street 7, 10002 New York
- Go to page: https://metrograph.com/film/9999002621-the-state-of-things/

![The State of Things](https://noky.io/images/2bb35e84ffaeb62ee6213e7bb9c8c91a03020aa2eab57b4701162568a095cf83-2000.webp)

This is a screening of the 1982 drama 'The State of Things' by director Wim Wenders, running 121 minutes. German filmmaker Friedrich, played by Patrick Bauchau, is shooting a shoestring post-apocalyptic thriller at a hotel on the storm-lashed Portuguese coast with American funding, and plays a waiting game with his cast and crew, including Viva, Sam Fuller, Isabelle Weingarten, and co-writer Robert Kramer, after their producer disappears. Shot in black and white by Henri Alekan, the film is Wenders's meditation on the co-dependence of the European and American film industries. The screening is introduced by cartoonist Nathan Gelgud and writer A. S. Hamrah, with a book signing by Gelgud afterward.

## Dates

- Saturday 14 November 20:00 — The Metrograph
- Friday 20 November 20:35 — The Metrograph

Written by a model, sources: [metrograph.com](https://metrograph.com/film/9999002621-the-state-of-things/)

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