Obama Chooses a Symbol of War as Berlin Backdrop: Amity Shlaes Jul 23, 2008
Updated: New York, Jul 23 03:51 London, Jul 23 08:51 Tokyo, Jul 23 16:51. Commentary by Amity Shlaes. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Like cappuccinos for movie viewers Jul 18, 2008
Wim Wenders's Wings Of Desire - arguably the most coffee-table of '80s coffee-table movies - was, in retrospect, the first gentle tap of a chisel at the concrete in the Berlin Wall. Wings Of Desire defined late-80s Euro-bohemianism - which therefore made it essential viewing - but didn't discombobulate its audience as Wenders's German compatriots had done in the previous decade. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Wenders to head Venice film jury Jun 30, 2008
Three years later, he scooped best director at the festival for Wings of Desire. Organisers said he had been selected to head the 2008 jury because he had maintained "strong ties" with the event since the 1970s. (BBC News -- Europe)
Six early Herzogs Jun 29, 2008
Rainer Werner Fassbinder was cranking out four movies a year and Wim Wenders was gathering strength, but the former worked himself to an early death in 1982, and the latter peaked with 1987's "Wings of Desire." Herzog, the darkly existential Energizer Bunny of the movement, hasn't just kept going: With "Grizzly Man" (2005) and "Rescue Dawn" (2007), he has come perilously close to being a household name. Not bad for a guy whose second feature starred an all-dwarf cast. (Boston Globe)
Pulp Fiction Tops Online Chart Jun 21, 2008
Wings of Desire is the highest-placed non-English language film at 28, whilst Steve James Hoop Dreams is the leading documentary in 26th place (unless you count This is Spinal Tap at, of course, 11). Big Films Missing From Top 100 List. (Suite101.com)
Carly Simon CD charts new, Brazilian course May 9, 2008
The Wim Wenders' film "Wings of Desire" inspired the sultry R&B song "So Many People." The tango-flavored "Sangre Dolce" resulted from an encounter in Central Park with a nanny taking care of a wealthy family's baby while longing for her child back in Argentina. She wrote the slow waltz "Too Soon to Say Goodbye" using a title suggested by her close friend Art Buchwald to comfort the humorist during the final months before his death in January 2007. (MSNBC -- Music)
Nicolas Cage's quirky career Apr 5, 2008
In 1998 Cage made a return to sentimental romance with his performance as a love-struck angel in City of Angels, a remake of Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire. Cage has since veered from playing a surveillance expert investigating the death of a woman in the porn industry in 8MM to a burnt-out paramedic in Martin Scorsese's Bring Out the Dead. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Berlin fest names jury Feb 2, 2008
Sander is receiving the award for his services to film and his many memorable performances, including his roles in Volker Schloendorffs The Tin Drum, Wim Wenders Wings of Desire and Wolfgang Petersens Das Boot. . (Variety)
Ruhr Return: Wim Wenders Shoots Tale of Misfit Photographer For Road Movie Jan 28, 2008
Like Damiel, the angel in Wenders's movie ``Wings of Desire,'' his graying hair is tied in a pony tail. It's amazing how the Ruhr district has changed,'' Wenders says, looking pensive behind the dark frames of his spectacles. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Alas, angelic dancing lacks human touch Jan 14, 2008
Alas was inspired by Wim Wenders's film Wings Of Desire and is directed by Tomaz Pandur. We know the angel's thoughts because he speaks them poetically in Spanish and we can read them - quotes from Peter Handke's screenplay - in English surtitles, which often seem pretentious. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Flying start as angels face off with new works Jan 8, 2008
Angels will flock to the Lyric Theatre stage this Friday, with the second program of Nacho Duato's Compania Nacional de Danza, called Alas, inspired by Wim Wenders's film, Wings of Desire. Yesterday the Lyric foyer at Star City was filled with graceful bodies as dancers, choreographers and dance teachers turned out for the opening night of the company's first program, a triple bill. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Read on... Dec 6, 2007
I love the whimsy of Wings of Desire, directed by Wim Wenders, and I still. will watch Galaxy Quest, directed by Dean Parisot because Alan Rickman and the others slay me. (Variety)
An angel who would rather dance Nov 21, 2007
So said the angel Damiel, in Wim Wenders's Wings Of Desire, a cult movie so admired that it is often ranked as one of the top 100 films ever made ... The Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato and the Slovenian theatre director Tomaz Pandur have collaborated to make a ballet based on Wings Of Desire, called Alas, the Spanish word for wings. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The urban jungle Nov 16, 2007
The wartorn A Foreign Affair was filmed in the genuine rubble of post-war Berlin; in Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders made the most of the vast empty bomb-blasted barren plains around Potsdamer Platz. Often when Berlin has been used as a backdrop for films very little has needed to be changed - Tempelhof Airport was the backdrop for The Big Lift just as it was for the real-life airlift, as well as for the Billy Wilder film One, Two, Three. (Guardian Unlimited)
Poet Charles Coe is well versed in cooking Oct 31, 2007
"I can do Italian, Mexican, French," he says nonchalantly, then, "I do a killer cassoulet. I love making cioppino. I make a vegan corn chowder and a high-carb mac and cheese." He whips up an Asian-style chicken dish he's dubbed "wings of desire" and he loves to bake. On this cool fall evening, Coe, author of "Picnic on the Moon," is preparing a chill-chasing spicy chicken stew - more of a soup, really - he'd recently created for a dinner party. (Boston Globe)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Jul 13, 2007
"Angel-A" is no different, borrowing themes from "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Wings of Desire." 400. TELEVISION. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
What's on your top 10 movies list? Jun 30, 2007
Wings of Desire: Wim Wenders' version, not the dumb one with Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. To Kill a Mockingbird: Atticus Finch for president. (NPR)
Get Inside—It's Summertime! Jun 6, 2007
The boy runs away to his grandfather (Wings of Desire angel Ganz), who helps the pianist rediscover both his childhood and his talent. JULY 27. (City Pages)
'Angel-A': Down and out on the city streets May 25, 2007
Angel-A has whiffs of It's a Wonderful Life and Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire. The overwrought ending is pretty sentimental stuff. (USA Today -- Life)
SENTIMENTAL, BUT NOT GENTLE May 25, 2007
Like a Parisian "Wings of Desire," "Angel-A" is a black-and-white fantasia shot against a bright backdrop of famous sites, and it has potential to be a cult hit on its dreamy-hipster look alone. If Besson's eye is Angela, though, his writing is Andre: awkward, misshapen and earthbound. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Cannes Film Festival Opens, Turns 60 May 16, 2007
For a feature-length homage to the movies, it commissioned 35 shorts from directors including Wong, Roman Polanski ("The Pianist"), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("Babel"), the Coen brothers ("Fargo") and Wim Wenders ("Wings of Desire."). Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese ("The Departed") has been enlisted to give a master class on moviemaking. (Shoals TimesDaily)
A wine writer schools a film critic's palate in 'Educating Peter' May 12, 2007
He's not shy, and not afraid to share his sillier musings, including comparing Germany's intense Rieslings to Wim Wenders's otherworldly Berlin story "Wings of Desire.". Other gems from Travers include wacky wine questions like: In Spain, is there a Pedro Almod var (the country's only world-famous director) dominating the national wine scene. (Boston Globe)
Ronaldo and Zizou to star in UN anti-poverty video Apr 22, 2007
Basically I ve filmed many people but for the first time I m filming footballers, added the director of Buena Vista Social Club, Wings of Desire and Paris, Texas. One of Wenders early German movies, The Goalkeeper s Fear of the Penalty (Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter) in 1971, portrayed a goalkeeper who strangles a cinema cashier after he was sent off in a match. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Wenders set to drive 'Road' Apr 9, 2007
The German Wenders ("Wings of Desire") has made several movies in the U.S., including "Paris, Texas" and the more recent "Land of Plenty" and last year's Jessica Lange starrer "Don't Come Knocking.". Date in print: Mon. (Variety)
As eroticism, 'Angels' doesn't fly Mar 16, 2007
They're babes, of course -- extras from a Robert Palmer video who've wandered into a "Wings of Desire" knock-off. So "Angels" is porn with dialectics, subtitles, and better lighting: middlebrow intellectual trappings that sit atop the kink like a hat on a hooker. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Love on screen Feb 9, 2007
" Vintage shorts and classic cartoons are included. MGM also has a nice selection of romantic films priced at $14.98, including the fabulous "Moonstruck," starring Cher in her Oscar-winning role; Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons playing dual roles in "The French Lieutenant's Woman"; and "Paperback Romance," starring real-life husband and wife Anthony LaPaglia ("Without a Trace") and Gia Carides. Also: "The Lover," "Until September," "Jack and Sarah," "The Princess Bride Special Edition," "Wings... (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Solveig Dommartin, 45; actress in 'Wings of Desire' also wrote, edited and directed Feb 3, 2007
By Dennis McLellan, Times Staff Writer February 3, 2007 She made her feature film debut as the lonely circus trapeze artist in "Wings of Desire," German director Wim Wenders' haunting 1987 fantasy-drama about angels who invisibly roam through Berlin listening to the thoughts of the then-divided city's inhabitants ... Dommartin, whose survivors include her daughter, Venus, appeared in seven feature films, including Wenders' 1991 futuristic work "Until the End of the World," co-starring William... (Los Angeles Times)
New career took flight Jan 15, 2007
The movie, suggested by Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire," is titled after the German term for "companion." ... Even the movie's source of inspiration is an eyebrow-raiser: Wim Wenders' lyrical 1987 film Wings of Desire, about an angel who yearns to be human, and finally gets his wish ... But the DVD version of Wings of Desire had just come out, and it got Margules thinking. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A rich stage for exits and entrances Jan 1, 2007
That focus led to two of the theater's strongest 2006 productions, the "Orpheus X" that Woodruff created with Rinde Eckert and the "Wings of Desire" adaptation developed with Toneelgroep Amsterdam. Meanwhile, the Huntington Theatre Company also announced that its artistic director will depart, though not until 2008. (Boston Globe)
It was the little things that meant a lot Jan 1, 2007
Smaller companies promised to stretch themselves with stagings of ambitious works like "The Pillowman" and "Ragtime." And the American Repertory Theatre planned a powerful slate that included adaptations of the film "Wings of Desire" and a collaboration with cabaret rockers the Dresden Dolls ... All those onstage local references damaged "Wings of Desire," though the airborne kiss between the angel and the aerialist may have been the year's most breathtaking moment of theater. (Boston Globe)
A season of grief Dec 24, 2006
And "Wings of Desire" at the American Repertory Theatre presented an indelible image of time, eternity, and the line between them: a streaming column of sand. As for "Eurydice," it was only one of three retellings of the Orpheus myth on nearby stages this year. (Boston Globe)
These flicks are deep Dec 9, 2006
These German films: Metropolis (1926), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919), Run Lola Run (1998) and Wings of Desire (1987). These Japanese films: Rashomon (1951), Ran (1985), High and Low (1963), The Twilight Samurai (2002) and Woman of the Dunes (1964). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Taking to the air Dec 1, 2006
The American Repertory Theatre stages an uplifting 'Wings of Desire ... "Wings of Desire" opens in mystery, in darkness pierced by a flash of light ... "Wings of Desire" is a stage adaptation of the 1987 Wim Wenders film, it's true. (Boston Globe)
Wings of Desire Dec 1, 2006
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A warm welcome for Turkish film 'Climates' Nov 26, 2006
CONVERSATIONS WITH: A new stage production of "Wings of Desire" opened this weekend at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, and in collaboration, Wim Wenders's 1987 film "Wings of Desire" will play tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. It will be introduced by ART associate artistic director Gideon Lester, who will lead a conversation about adapting the film to the stage with director Ola Mafaalani and lead actor Bernard White, who plays the angel Damiel who falls in love... (Boston Globe)
The angel & the aerialist Nov 19, 2006
Citing Wim and whimsy, ART rises to the challenge of presenting a stage adaptation of 'Wings of Desire ... CAMBRIDGE -- "The funny thing about 'Wings of Desire,' " Gideon Lester says, "is that when you reduce it to its basics, it sounds silly. An angel falls in love with a trapeze artist. It sounds like a children's story." ... In fact, he helped adapt "Wings of Desire " into the world-premiere stage production that begins previews at the ART on Saturday. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Falk is the better choice for state attorney general Nov 4, 2006
wrote on November 03, 2006 10:54 AM:"Falk? Of COURSE you want 'Columbo' for attorney general! This is America! Celebrities are reality! Oh? Oh what? KATHLEEN Falk? Not 'Peter'? Well my wings of desire WERE fluttering but I do suggest that Ms Falk acquire an old trench coat; I think it would really help!...". Lee Koehler wrote on November 03, 2006 10:07 AM:"Kathleen Falk will provide solid leadership for Wisconsin's Department of Justice. She has the skills to manage and access more resources for... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
September songs Sep 17, 2006
By KATHI SCRIZZI DRISCOLL STAFF WRITERSept. 26 is one of those dates that theater fans will want to circle in red on the calendar. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
International collaboration set `Wings' in motion Sep 11, 2006
If all that border-crossing is a little dizzying, it's also highly appropriate for a conversation about ``Wings of Desire. " Inspired by the Wim Wenders film, this world-premiere coproduction of the American Repertory Theatre and Toneelgroep Amsterdam explores and expands upon the film's interest in ``boundaries and divisions," says Lester, the ART's associate artistic director. (Boston Globe)
Silent Bob speaks about his latest comedy foray Aug 26, 2006
"Theological-cum-scatological road movie with a impulse to offend and to elevate you could call it Beavis and Butthead meet Wings of Desire.". Philippa Hawker, The Age. (The Age)
Polley draws on dark Words Aug 4, 2006
Knockin director] Wim Wenders is one of my favourite filmmakers, and Wings of Desire is certainly one of my favourite films of all time. Hes such a ridiculously generous filmmaker; his whole set is basically young people on their first or second project, and his job in life now seems to be mentoring and supporting other people. (Georgia Straight)
MATT ZOLLER SEITZ Jun 29, 2006
He could be a two-fisted cousin of the angels from Wings of Desire. He feels guilt over needing not to be needed, if only for an instant. (New York Press)
Your e-mails: The other city stars Jun 29, 2006
Berlin as first shown in Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire" prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall and again in "Faraway, So Close!" after the fall of the wall. "Wings of Desire" is a snapshot of the essence of the city at a point in time that is gone and will never return. (CNN)
Wenders' heart still aches for America's West May 23, 2006
Wenders is, critics have long noted, both an existentialist filmmaker, and a "visualist," a director from a painting and photography background whose movies -- Wings of Desire, Until the End of the World -- often make more sense in tone and image than in plot. Guilty, he says. (Orlando Sentinel)
Straight Shooting May 21, 2006
He performed in Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire" (1987) and co-wrote and acted in "Ghosts ... of the Civil Dead" (1988). Fellow Australian John Hillcoat, who directed "Ghosts," again paired up with Cave for "The Proposition.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
`United 93': a masterful memorial Apr 28, 2006
" They see what people do and they are saddened, but they cannot intervene. This story is available to non-subscribers for a limited time. For instant access to all published stories, including The Dispatch and Rock Island Argus archives, click . Most Read Stories (Police s) (Metro) (Life) (Sports) (Metro) Additional Stories (Metro) (Metro) (Metro) (H.S. Sports) (Pro Sports) (Pro Sports) (Metro) (Metro) (Police s) (Metro) Copyright 2006 Moline Dispatch Publishing Company, LLC, All Rights... (Quad-Cities Online)
'United 93': 'MASTERFUL, HEARTBREAKING' Apr 27, 2006
The movie's point of view reminds me of the angels in "Wings of Desire." They see what people do and they are saddened, but they cannot intervene. Date of Publication: April 27, 2006 on Page A06. (The Standard-Times, MA)
How the West was spun Apr 27, 2006
With that, Wenders went to Berlin to direct Wings of Desire, "which is as remote from Paris, Texas as you can possibly get," while Shepard occupied himself by writing the film adaptation of his play Fool for Love for Robert Altman and starring in that project opposite Kim Basinger ... "The audience is a new one each time [in America], and the people who are coming to Don't Come Knocking won't necessarily have seen Paris, Texas or Wings of Desire. You feel like you can't build on anything any... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
A winded Wenders Apr 22, 2006
If only Wim Wenders had retired after Wings Of Desire ... No experience is more depressing and unsettling than watching one of the geniuses of your youth turn into a tiresome old hack before your very eyes, and for the most tragic example of recent years one must look to Wim Wenders, one of the most original directors of the 1970s, and a man who has been trapped in a creative tailspin ever since the second half of Wings Of Desire ... If he'd laid down his bullhorn after Wings Of Desire, he'd... (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Onstage next season: a rock debut, an epic finish Apr 21, 2006
The world premiere of ''Wings of Desire," adapted from the Wim Wenders/Peter Handke screenplay, follows in November. Gideon Lester, Ko van den Bosch, and Ola Mafaalani are collaborating on this adaptation of the story of an angel who chooses love over immortality. Mafaalani's Netherlands theater company, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, is partnering with the ART, and Mafaalani will direct a half-Dutch, half-American cast.The Loeb stage in December will present Oscar Wilde's classic ''The Importance of... (Boston Globe -- Living)
In the moment Mar 20, 2006
His films, which include, ''Paris, Texas" (also written by Shepard), ''Wings of Desire," ''The End of Violence," and ''Buena Vista Social Club," are often filled with restless characters, who move slowly in search of meaning. Trying to do or say things at a hurried pace will inevitably destroy a good thing, Wenders says. (Boston Globe)
