Review of Wings of Desire (1987) by Carey S — 28 Jun 2013

"When the child was a child, it was the time for these questions: Why am I me, and why not you? Why am I here, and why not there? When did time begin, and where does space end?" Thus begins what is probably the most consistently moving film I've ever seen.

There are so many scenes of incredible power, I always find myself overwhelmed by it's beauty- so beautiful that it makes me cry every time I see it. From beginning to end my eyes moisten multiple times.

It might be the greatest movie ever made, and is always in my top three no matter how I feel on any given day. I say this even though it's flaws are easy to point out, (one scene in particular drags to long, and another scene is perhaps too wordy) but they do nothing to tarnish the immense humanity of it's poetry.