Behind the glass
The Devil’s Graveyard
The pane is not clear yet. Slide the light toward their side.
A film named for a town it never visits · Wim Wenders · 1984
Paris, Texas
The desert on the other side of the glass was found from a helicopter. Slide the light and look through.
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The glass
One side sees, the other doesn’t
Wikipedia says the filmmakers did not portray a realistic peep show, because they needed more communication between the characters. Here the glass is just a pane. Choose a place, then dim your own side to see through.
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Their side litYour side lit
The Devil’s Graveyard: the pane is mirror. You can only see yourself.
0 of 8 places seen through
The town in the title
Nobody goes to Paris
The film is named for Paris, Texas, but Wikipedia says no scene is set there. Wikipedia says filming largely occurred in Fort Stockton and Marathon, in West Texas.
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- 7in Texas
- 1in California
- 0in Paris
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Leaving
Go and stand on the other side
Most of these come from fan location lists, and the lists do not always agree, so each card says what its page says. Distances are long: Marathon and Fort Stockton are hours apart, and Houston is a further day east. The Devil’s Graveyard has no checked footprint and is not pinned.
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Where it is now
7 places with a mapped position, and one stretch of desert named but not pinned.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A motel and RV park at the edge of Marathon. Check with the motel before calling in; the town is a long drive from anywhere else.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A street address on the main road through Fort Stockton. Look from East Dickinson Boulevard; the photograph is a nearby view of the town.
The entrance to the Marathon Motel and RV Park, outside Marathon, Texas, February 2014. Carol M. Highsmith (Library of Congress) · Public domain West Texas · Marathon, Brewster County, Texas
Marathon Motel and RV Park
Movie-locations.com says Travis and Walt stay at the Marathon Motel and RV Park, on West Highway 90.
A motel and RV park at the edge of Marathon. Check with the motel before calling in; the town is a long drive from anywhere else.
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The Visitors Center in Fort Stockton, Texas, July 2023. A nearby view of the town; not the El Rancho Motel. Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0 West Texas · 901 East Dickinson Boulevard, Fort Stockton, Texas
El Rancho Motel, Fort Stockton
Kinoafisha lists the El Rancho Motel, 901 East Dickinson Boulevard, Fort Stockton, for the motel exteriors.
A street address on the main road through Fort Stockton. Look from East Dickinson Boulevard; the photograph is a nearby view of the town.
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Stay
A room in Marathon.
The motel the guides name for Travis and Walt’s night.
Marathon Motel and RV Park
Marathon Motel and RV Park
Marathon, West Texas
The motel that movie-locations.com names for Travis and Walt’s stay. Its own page describes ten rooms in four duplex cabins. Pictured: the entrance, 2014.
See the roomsGo there
Take the road.
The Cabazon dinosaurs, Houston city tours and the Big Bend desert.
Cabazon Dinosaurs
Cabazon Dinosaurs
Cabazon, California
The roadside attraction where the Wheel Inn stood beside the dinosaurs. Check its own page for current hours and tickets. Pictured: the Wheel Inn sign, 2010.
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Houston city tours
Downtown Houston
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Big Bend tours
Big Bend, West Texas
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The archive
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
8 of 8 places · 9 of 9 stories
The Devil’s Graveyard
Terlingua area, Brewster County, Texas
Travis walks out of the desert
Sceen-it lists the Devil’s Graveyard for the scene where Travis walks through the desert, a site Wenders chose after a helicopter survey.
Marathon Motel and RV Park
Marathon, Brewster County, Texas
The motel at the edge of town
Sceen-it lists the Marathon Motel and RV Park for the scene where Walt drives Travis to the motel where he plans to spend the night.
The town in the title
The film is named for Paris, Texas, but Wikipedia says no scene is set there.
Broadway Bar, Nordheim
208 Broadway, Nordheim, DeWitt County, Texas
The bar after Jane
Kinoafisha lists the Broadway Bar in Nordheim for the bar scene after Travis meets Jane.
The drive-thru bank, Milam Street
212 Milam Street, downtown Houston, Texas
The drive-thru bank
Sceen-it describes the Milam Street lot as where Travis and Hunter go to a bank hoping to see Jane.
The hotel, Dallas Street
400 Dallas Street, downtown Houston, Texas
The hotel room
Kinoafisha lists 400 Dallas Street for the Houston hotel room.
Keyhole Klub, Port Arthur
436 Procter Street, Port Arthur, Texas
The peep show
Kinoafisha lists the Keyhole Klub for the strip-club exteriors; Wikipedia says the film’s peep show was not realistic, to allow more communication.
El Rancho Motel, Fort Stockton
901 East Dickinson Boulevard, Fort Stockton, Texas
Motel exteriors
Kinoafisha lists the El Rancho Motel in Fort Stockton for the motel exteriors.
The Wheel Inn, Cabazon
Seminole Drive, Cabazon, Riverside County, California
The pay phone and the diner
Kinoafisha lists the Wheel Inn in Cabazon for Hunter’s pay-phone call and the diner.