will need to revisit this when i don't have a fever.
love the song selection, the depiction of urbanity loneliness, chance encounters, fleeting connections. A snap-shot of a city at a moment in time.
a sensory, sensual film - pure vibes. a fully rendered world, alive and dazzling.
More cerebral and talky than I expected, and Hugh Grant delivered an impeccable, entertaining performance. His monologues were always delivered with incredible panache. As an insufferable organised religious skeptic, I found myself agreeing with many of his arguments.
Once they walked through the belief/disbelief door I found the second and third act less satisfying.
(a nitpick - where did he find all those women trapped in his basement? how many times has he done this, especially since the set-up is so elaborate?)
Wim Wenders is one of my favourite directors, ever since I saw 'Paris, Texas' a few years ago. He makes the world look so vivid, and tactile; there's a sensory pleasure that radiates from his images.
'Wings of Desire' is about, among other things, the tender ache of being human, of being able to inhabit space, and be aware of our own finite existence. It's a deeply poetic film - it finds, not necessarily beauty, or even meaning, but, just…
