15 November 2010

Wings of Desire



1987 • Director: Wim Wenders
Foreign • 130 minutes • Rated PG-13
Road Movies Filmproduktion, Argos Films
Starring Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin
 
More Than Fifty

Wings of Desire is a beautiful but airy film. If you're interested in something plot driven, this one will drive you to madness. Two angels in Cold War Berlin watch mortals fuss and struggle. It's pretty and vivid, filled with the oblique observations and dreams of the disturbed. Rating: A–