Wings Of Desire (1987)
Directed by Wim Wenders · Cinematography by Henri Alekan
PG-13128 min63 frames
DramaFantasyRomance
There are angels on the streets of Berlin.
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What is Wings Of Desire about?
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds — with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk — that it might be possible for him to take human form.
Wings of Desire is a 1987 romantic fantasy film written by Wim Wenders, Peter Handke and Richard Reitinger, and directed by Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its human inhabitants, comforting the distressed. Even though the city is densely populated, many of the people are isolated or estranged from their loved ones. One of the angels, played by Bruno Ganz, falls in love with a beautiful, lonely trapeze artist, played by Solveig Dommartin. The angel chooses to become mortal so that he can experience human sensory pleasures, ranging from enjoying food to touching a loved one, and so that he can discover human love with the trapeze artist.
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Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of Wings Of Desire leans on medium shots (37% of the sample) and wide compositions (25%). Cinematographer Henri Alekan keeps 56% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 60% of the frames.
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