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Wings of Desire - The Epic of Peace | Brows Held High (Patreon)

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2019-09-28 18:13:46
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Some stray thoughts about one of my favorite films of all time. A German monochrome art film about angels. On brand for me, I suppose.

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Wings of Desire - The Epic of Peace | Brows Held High

Some stray thoughts about one of my favorite films of all time. A German monochrome art film about angels. On brand for me, I suppose. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KyleKallgren Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/KKallgren

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Markus Bucher

It's a little sad that I, a German, needed the american 'remake' to discover this gem of german cinema.

Crescent Minor

Well ... I saw the movie and a documentary about the Berlin Wall for good measure in preparation for the video. I suppose I ought to have something to say in a comment. The most striking part of this movie for me was a part I actually misunderstood. Damiel sits on the statue's wing, and then he drops, and I thought for a second, is that him becoming mortal? What followed were those discordant shots, some of them horrible atrocity and some just random, sped up until you barely understand them. And I thought the idea was, that's what it feels like to suddenly compress a calm, all-knowing mind down into a human's limited brainspace. You know things you can't bear to know, you're confused by the mundane ... being a human, compared to angel's lofty and cool position, is incomprehensible and horrifying. But then, no, that wasn't the intended effect at all. And the film returned to talking about the sublime joy of every mundane sensation, and that alone, just walking down a street or drinking something hot, was a reason to begin a mortal life. At that point, I realized I'd come into the movie a little more pessimistic than I should have. I don't think I understood it, but I'm glad I saw it. As a complete side note, that tiny bit of A Matter Of Life and Death (thank you, Google, for knowing what I was looking for by 'powell pressburger film afterlife') looks so cool that I'll check that movie out, too!