Along the way, we’ve gotten glimpses that there is something more to the duo. The group have sprinkled hints like easter eggs; GPS coordinates here, faux-dossiers there. However, the pair have always kept us guessing about what exactly they stand for.
The name is certainly no help. The title calls out German auteur director Wim Wenders’ 1984 Criterion Collection-bait
Loud And Quietuncovered in a rare interview, they initially considered the even more obvious namecheck “Paris Texas (1984).” Still, Pastel admitted in the same interview that his primary interest was in the film’s mysterious posters, not quite in flexing his art house pedigree.