Review of Wings of Desire (1987) by Art S — 14 Mar 2013
Probably the first Wim Wenders film that I saw -- a poetic fantastical romantic story (with a much longer black and white portion than I remembered) that has the good humor to cast Peter Falk in a knowing role and treats our private thoughts, important or trivial, as something to be treasured.
Probably this is due to the contributions of Peter Handke, the writer, because Wenders went amazingly downhill after this film. Two angels watch over Berlin just before the Wall came down. One angel wants to know what it is like to be human, rather desperately.
Bruno Ganz is great as this angel. The cinematography by Henri Alekan (who did Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast) is great and so is the sound. Crime and the City Solution and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds make appearances.
I have the poster on my wall.
This review of Wings of Desire (1987) was written by Art S on 14 Mar 2013.
Wings of Desire has generally received very positive reviews.
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