Faraway, So Close!
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Movie Reviews of Faraway, So Close!
Movie Review: "Far away, So Close!" Is not a sequel to "Wings of Desire."
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie has the same director, same characters, same formula, and the same feel. Yet it is different and maybe even superior in different ways to "Wings of Desire." However it does start off awfully slow paced and you're not sure where they're trying to go. It also takes a little bit of time of getting used to the characters switching from English to German and German to English on a whim. Sometimes this movie has the feeling that is designed to promote out of work actors. We see Peter Falk even getting to play Columbo. Nastassja Kinski, as Raphaela, was always a good actor. In this film, she excels and with a little age looks even better. A great antagonist in this film is Willem Dafoe as Emit Flesti; he almost makes you want to be the bad guy.
Movie based on:
"The light of the body is the eye.
If, therefore, thine eye be clear, the whole body shall be full of light.
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness."
(Matthew, VI, 22)
Our story takes place in post-Cold War Berlin in an area that is known is no man's land. Cassiel (Otto Sander) is frustrated as being an angel (an angle is nothing but the messenger) he can influence but not directly the nature of people. He crosses the line into reality to save the life of a fallen girl. This is where the adventure really begins as he must learn to see humans from a human perspective. In the process, he still knows right from wrong and must struggle to maintain the right. We suffer and triumph with him as he meets up once more with all the characters that he tried to interact with as an Angel. Will he be able to survive against evil?
Wings of Desire (Special Edition)
The Lives of Others [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: ENTERTAINING ANGELS...
Summary: 4 Stars
"Do not forget to entertain strangers, for some people have entertained angels without knowing it." Hebrews 13:2The world's three great religions incorporate angels as real, created entities, messengers between the world of mortals and God. And movies about angels, both good and bad, will always be messengers of film entertainment. Here's a new to DVD title about a good angel that's worthy of your time.
FAR AWAY, SO CLOSE! is the flip side to "Wings of Desire." Here, instead of desiring to be flesh and blood, the angel seeks to understand why humans have such a hard time experiencing the spiritual. These two films, taken together, offer a stunning and profoundly moving picture of the bittersweet, paradoxical and all-too-brief human experience. Both are of the highest order of mature filmmaking: intelligent, emotional, and visually stunning. They provide a memorable, meaningful and authentic experience about life's deepest mysteries. We are indeed spiritual beings having a human experience.
Movie Review: Except for being in German it is great!
Summary: 4 Stars
One of the best most inspiring movies that I've seem lately!
The angels are watching over morals and see our angst.
One angel falls to earth while saving a young girl from death.
He has some very strange adventures with a star cast
of players. The acting here is first rate, the directing is beautiful, the filming is wonderful and the dialog except for being in German ( mostly)
is inspired. The movie give the modern loss of faith from an angel's point of view.
Movie Review: Wenders' Tale
Summary: 3 Stars
If you have NOT seen "Wings of Desire", you will not like this film, because its understanding draws from your experience of its predecessor. If you HAVE seen "Wings", you will not like this film, either. Because in "Wings" are poured all the film-maker's reflections on Life and its loneliness. No more original ideas are left to make its sequel a viable continuation. Perhaps that's why "Far away..." looks so tired, so exhausted of creative impulse, undecided between the tragic and the comical. The devices that are impressive in "Wings", such as the internal murmurs, the down-to-earth dialogue between angels and an "inspired" Peter Falk, don't work here with the same impact. Apparently Wenders attempted to make up for the lack of original ideas with a more story-like narrative, but that is a poor compensation. Telling an entertaining story with plot is never Wender's forte. I miss the haunting imagery and the sad timelessness of "Wings". Cannot wait to see it on DVD.Movie Review: Where is the DVD for Wings Of Desire?
Summary: 3 Stars
This is almost a great film: beautifully shot, the transfer to DVD should be remarkable. Unfortunately structurely the film falls apart about two thirds of the way through, leaving the viewer feeling slightly ripped off. My main complaint - where & when is the DVD release of Wings Of Desire - far and away the superior of the two films (pun intended).