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Wings Of Desire [1987] [DVD]

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4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk
  • Directors: Wim Wenders
  • Format: PAL, Original recording remastered
  • Language English, French, German, Hebrew, Turkish
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Starz Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 3 Feb 2003
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006JI25
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 31,040 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

"There are angels over the streets of Berlin," quotes the movie poster, but these are like no angels you've ever seen. Bundled in dark overcoats, they watch over the city with ears open to the heartbeat of the human soul, listening to the internal musings and yearnings of earthbound humans like existential detectives. In these delicate, astounding scenes we float through the thoughts of dozens of Berlin citizens, from the weary and worn to the hopeful and young, as the angels record the magic moments for some heavenly record. When Damiel (the empathic and sensitive Bruno Ganz) falls in love with an angel of another sort, the lonely trapeze artist Marion (willowy, sad-eyed Solveig Dommartin), he gives up the contemplation and observation of life to experience it himself.

Wim Wenders' most purely romantic film is like poetry on celluloid, a celebration of the transient and fragile moments of being human: the warmth of a cup of coffee on a cold day, the embrace of a friend, the touch of a lover, the rapture of love. Opening with an angel's-eye view of Berlin in silvery black and white (delicately captured by the great cinematographer Henri Alekan, who photographed Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast 40 years earlier), it transforms into a gauzy colour world when Damiel "crosses over" by sheer will. Peter Falk plays himself as a fallen angel with a special sensitivity for celestial visitors ("I can't see you, but I know you're there," he proclaims), and Otto Sander, whose smiling eyes brighten a face etched by eons of waiting and watching, is Damiel's partner. Wenders made a sequel in 1993, Faraway, So Close, and Hollywood remade the film as City of Angels with Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com



Special Features

German
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround German
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Outtakes
Deleted Scenes
English Commentary By Wim Wenders
Trailer
Photo Gallery
Wim Wenders Biography
English

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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The most beautiful and poetic film of all times, 9 Dec 2004
By Natasha (London) - See all my reviews
I love this film and I love it because of so many things. I saw it for the first time when I was a teenager in mid 90s and I was so impressed... I was roaming the streets of Almaty (my home town in Kazakhstan) with my best friend and I asked her: "Do you think angels are walking together with us and collecting the spiritual signs of our existence?' Of course, it was a joke, by what a romantic joke... A longing for something magical that can happen to a mortal...

When you first watch the film, you wonder why Wim Wenders has picked two aging men in long black coats to be angels. That's not how you imagined an angel, after all. However, the further you watch the film, the more you realise that their angelic nature is in the way they look at everything, in their increadible eyes.

When I think about this film I think about all the good that can happen to an ordinary human being. This film highlights the best in all of us and makes us immortal for a short while... And I believe this feeling is worth it.

Natalia

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is what the DVD format was made for..., 29 Feb 2004
For those of you who already own this film on VHS and have not yet upgraded to DVD, please, do it asap. You won't regret it.

Read the other reviews if you need to be reminded/told what an amazing film this is.
All I want to highlight here is that the DVD extras and picture/sound quality on the DVD transfer are superb. The best feature, in my opinon is the director's commentary. Dry, witty, informative, highly personal - everything anyone who loves this film could want.
From lamenting the sad losses of parts of Berlin and certain personnel involved in realising the film, to revealing in-jokes - cake fights and all - and setting the scene on, well, the 'scene' in Berlin when the film was shot, it's all here.
And, if you already have the DVD and haven't watched the film with commentary, I heartily recommend you do so.

The only other experience I can recommend to add further to one's enjoyment of the film is to visit Berlin itself. What a great city.
And THAT statue. It's one of the most impressive I have ever seen. Beautiful, and a fitting mascot for such a magical film.

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Serene, truthful, funny, lyrical, beautiful, haunting, 26 Oct 2005
By Alison Chakir "honestwoman" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This film is just so lovely - it has haunted me all day (despite a stressful and distracting day at work) and is a film never to be forgotten. I had to order it to keep because I know it is a film I will want to watch at regular intervas for the rest of my like.
The library scenes are particularly haunting and really do convey a strong impression of serenity.
The notes in the bonus material are well worth watching too I watched them because I just wanted more I didn't want to leave this film. It is an average length film but I wish it was an hour longer - like one of those rare books that you really never want to finish
Rent it!!! Buy it!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A REFLECTION OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT
Wim Wenders exposes the human frailty in all of us. Through an Angelic perspective of Berlin he paints a beautifully profound, poetic and intimate picture of the human psyche. Read more
Published 13 months ago by C. S. Ebrey

5.0 out of 5 stars Hypnotically beautiful
This is one of the most stunningly effective films to explore the afterlife and the reasons why we return I have ever seen. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Blithe Sprit

5.0 out of 5 stars There must be an angel
"Wenders never would have dared pull that stunt with the angels had Fassbinder been alive" - but I'm so glad he did.
Published 19 months ago by E T B

5.0 out of 5 stars I saw this film in -88 and havent forgotten it
For maybe twenty years I've been rethinking scenes from the film over and over. I just recently realized it can be bought, and am about to order it. Then I shall rewatch it. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Hilde

3.0 out of 5 stars Watched it after reading reviews...
I rented this film after reading the reviews already posted. I have seen the updated version 'City of Angels' so thought I would give it a go. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars A slower City of Angels
This film was obviously the main inspiration for the film City of Angels. Only the later movie was a lot more tightly written and faster paced. Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2005 by Francisco

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Film, Good Extras
Others have mentioned the film, it is my all time favourite and the commentary is an execllent addition. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Sky Over Berlin.
It's ironic that so soon after Wenders shot this film in Berlin (a film about seperation and the search for unity), the wall would come tumbling down. Read more
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