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Following their successful collaboration on The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty Kick, Wim Wenders and playwright Peter Handke reunite for WRONG MOVE - the second instalment of Wenders s acclaimed road movie trilogy (bookended by Alice and the Cities and Kings of the Road). Wilhelm (Rüdiger Vogler) embarks on a journey across Germany in order to find his voice as a writer. Introspective and seemingly without personality, he encounters a series of eccentric characters, including a beautiful and enigmatic actress (Hanna Schygulla) and a mute girl (Nastassja Kinski), who draw Wilhelm into their worlds. Loosely based on Goethe's landmark novel, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, Wim Wenders once again shows his mastery over the road movie genre and creates a brilliant character study of one man's alienation from the world around him.
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DVD bonus features include a feature-length commentary with Wim Wenders and an 'On the Set of Wrong Move' featurette.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By N. Rozemond
Format:DVD
Wrong Move is a typical Wim Wenders movie from the seventies, with his alter ego Rudiger Vogler as star actor and young Natascha Kinski and Hannah Schygulla as actresses. It is a more philosophical picture than his other movies from this period (Alice in the Cities, Kings of the Road), which are more realistic road movies in modern Germany. Wrong Move a philisophical touche because of the philosophical dialogues, which fill the greatest part of the film. The feeling of the movies is a kind of sadness: a young writer tries to find a goal in his life and he tries to discuss his thougths with his travelling companions, but he does not succeed in finding a satisfying place in modern Germany. The film contains beautiful shots of the German landscape, especially alongside the Rhine, while the actors travel by train or car, or walk alongside the river.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By HJ
Format:DVD
The 1970s German New Wave is certainly flourishing in the DVD era. First the comprehensive Herzog collection in 2 great value box-sets, then the incredible flood of Fassbinder box sets. Now it's Wim Wenders' turn - his 6 best films in a uniform edition from the Axiom label overseen by Wenders himself - new prints & subtitles, excellent packaging & booklets, plus director commentaries & various little extras.
I imagine many will go for PARIS TEXAS or WINGS OF DESIRE - Wenders' 2 big international hits. But I also imagine there are many who think of Wenders as one of those directors who rather lost his way and whose best work was the early 'ALICE-WRONG-KINGS' road movie trilogy.
The classic ALICE IN THE CITIES is firmly in gritty grainy black & white new wave territory but the follow up WRONG MOVE is filmed in beautiful autumnal colour by cameraman legend Robby Muller. Rudiger Vogler reprises his morose persona from ALICE, travelling around Germany accompanied by a small group of eccentric characters.
Wenders' trademark quirkiness, romanticism & pathos are present but held in check by a sharp & intelligent Handke script, which touches lightly but movingly on the war and various aspects of German history.
The cast are all memorable but special mention must be made of Nastassja Kinski who has real presence in her first role (only fourteen!). In the booklet Wenders says he was a bit 'upset' that Hanna Schygulla was not as engaging for his film as she was for Fassbinder, but maybe that says more about the 2 directors than about her - she certainly adds another level of complexity to the film.
Whatever you think of Wenders' subsequent career, you can't go wrong with WRONG MOVE - an excellent film in an excellent DVD edition.
I imagine many will go for PARIS TEXAS or WINGS OF DESIRE - Wenders' 2 big international hits. But I also imagine there are many who think of Wenders as one of those directors who rather lost his way and whose best work was the early 'ALICE-WRONG-KINGS' road movie trilogy.
The classic ALICE IN THE CITIES is firmly in gritty grainy black & white new wave territory but the follow up WRONG MOVE is filmed in beautiful autumnal colour by cameraman legend Robby Muller. Rudiger Vogler reprises his morose persona from ALICE, travelling around Germany accompanied by a small group of eccentric characters.
Wenders' trademark quirkiness, romanticism & pathos are present but held in check by a sharp & intelligent Handke script, which touches lightly but movingly on the war and various aspects of German history.
The cast are all memorable but special mention must be made of Nastassja Kinski who has real presence in her first role (only fourteen!). In the booklet Wenders says he was a bit 'upset' that Hanna Schygulla was not as engaging for his film as she was for Fassbinder, but maybe that says more about the 2 directors than about her - she certainly adds another level of complexity to the film.
Whatever you think of Wenders' subsequent career, you can't go wrong with WRONG MOVE - an excellent film in an excellent DVD edition.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The story: Wilhelm lives in Gluckstad (NW Germany, on the Elbe) with his mother but is dissatisfied. His mother decides to sell their apartmnt, and gives him some money and a train ticket to Bonn. On the way to Bonn he meets several people who he travels further with - an old man with nosebleeds and his young dumb companion; a famous actress; a hopeful poet. On the road they meet scenes from other peoples lives; some they meet and leave, others they take part in, briefly. Wilhelm craves to be a writer but finds it difficult to observe, or have pity...
My opinion: unlike Alice im den Stadten (Alice in the cities) and Im Lauf der Zeit (Kings of the Road), in colour; but much more sombre... as usual with beautiful long shots from Wenders favourite cameraman, Robby Muller, and some wistful music at times. But, again as usual, it is in the silences that there is more meaning than in the words. If this makes no sense, this movie is not for you. That said, I'm not sure it is for me, either - it is more sad than `Alice' or `Kings of the road', even, and without the redeeming parts - maybe because it is after a book by Goethe? Beautiful, but infinitely sad... about loneliness, the impossibility to connect with others, about undefined longing for perfection maybe. I love 'Alice' and 'Lauf der Zeit', but on first viewing this movie is more difficult to love.
My opinion: unlike Alice im den Stadten (Alice in the cities) and Im Lauf der Zeit (Kings of the Road), in colour; but much more sombre... as usual with beautiful long shots from Wenders favourite cameraman, Robby Muller, and some wistful music at times. But, again as usual, it is in the silences that there is more meaning than in the words. If this makes no sense, this movie is not for you. That said, I'm not sure it is for me, either - it is more sad than `Alice' or `Kings of the road', even, and without the redeeming parts - maybe because it is after a book by Goethe? Beautiful, but infinitely sad... about loneliness, the impossibility to connect with others, about undefined longing for perfection maybe. I love 'Alice' and 'Lauf der Zeit', but on first viewing this movie is more difficult to love.
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I adored the other Wenders' "road movies" (Alice in the Cities and kings of the Road), this one makes no exception in my taste. Read more
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Published 15 months ago by Eco Traveller
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misfire
I really love a lot of Wenders' films but this one left me cold.
It is flattering to compare it with Alice in the Cities and Kings of the Road, two fantastic films. Read more
It is flattering to compare it with Alice in the Cities and Kings of the Road, two fantastic films. Read more
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Wim does it again
What a great Director Wim Wenders is.I love his style and his utter dedication to ordinariness especially in clothes, backgrounds and dialogues. Read more
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