Editing Until the End of the World (section)

==Production==
Wenders began working on the film as early as late 1977, when, during his first visit to Australia, it struck him that his surroundings would be the perfect setting for a science fiction film. In addition to fleshing out the complex plot, preproduction also involved extensive still photography. It was not until Wenders found commercial success with ''[[Paris, Texas (film)|Paris, Texas]]'' and ''[[Wings of Desire]]'', however, that he was able to secure funding for the project.

With a budget of around $22&nbsp;million ($3.7&nbsp;million of which came from the Australian Film Finance Corporation<ref>Bob Evans, "Our Piece of the Action", ''The Australian Financial Review'', 18 October 1991, p. 33</ref>), which was more than he had spent on all of his previous films combined, Wenders set off on an ambitious production. Principal photography lasted 22 weeks and spanned 11 countries.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wenders |first1=Wim |last2=Hagen |first2=Charles |title=From The End of the World To Smack Dab in the Middle: An Interview with Wim Wenders |journal=Aperture |volume=123 |issue=Spring 1991 |pages=90–91 |jstor=24472429 |year=1991 }}</ref> Wenders, who had a long-standing fascination with the [[Australian Outback]], shot a substantial amount of the film in and around [[Alice Springs, Northern Territory]], Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title=14 films coming to Australia from the Toronto Film Festival|work=[[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]] (Australia)|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2017/09/25/14-films-coming-australia-toronto-film-festival|date=25 September 2017|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref>

The imagery in the dream sequences were achieved with early [[high-definition video]]. Wenders and technicians at [[NHK]] (the only facility which could play back HD video at the time) worked for six weeks on these sequences, intentionally distorting the imagery to create strange visual effects. They often recorded a fast-forwarded version of the image, then played it back at normal speed.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

[[Graeme Revell]] composed the theme and other music for the film. For additional music, Wenders commissioned original songs from a number of his favorite recording artists, asking them to anticipate the kind of music they would be making a decade later, when the film was set.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-until-the-end-of-the-world-soundtrack-promised-a-hi-1798252365|title=The Until The End of the World soundtrack promised a hipper future|website=Film|date=21 September 2016 |language=en-us|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref> His desire to use all of the pieces he received contributed to his decision to make the film as long as it turned out to be.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trailersfromhell.com/the-strange-case-of-until-the-end-of-the-world-cinesavant-archive-articles/|title=The Strange Case of Until the End of the World: CineSavant Archive Articles|date=2019-11-30|website=Trailers From Hell|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref>