Faraway, So Close!
(In weiter Ferne, so nah!)
Screening on Film
Directed by Wim Wenders.
With Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Nastassja Kinski.
Germany, 1993, 35mm, color and b&w, 140 min.
English, German and French with English subtitles.
With Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Nastassja Kinski.
Germany, 1993, 35mm, color and b&w, 140 min.
English, German and French with English subtitles.
In this continuation of Wings of Desire, director Wim Wenders turns his attention to the angel Cassiel (Sander) who follows his former celestial companion Damiel (Ganz), now settled into a comfortable domestic life, into the world of mortality. Instead of romance, Cassiel finds himself mixed up in a caper plot with a dark angel played by Willem Dafoe. Wenders's powerful vision of post-Cold War Berlin features an outstanding soundtrack with contributions from Nick Cave, U2, Lou Reed (who also appears in the film), and Johnny Cash, as well as an odd cameo by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
