Faraway, so close 1993 cassiel and raphaella youtube. The band watched an early cut of the film, and bono used it as an inspiration for some of the lyrics. Similar films to watch if you like faraway, so close city. Wenders may be evoking an echo of wings of desire 1988, the great film. Otto sander and nastassja kinski lead an allstar ensemble cast that includes horst buchholz and willem dafoe with cameo appearances by peter falk and mikhail gorbachev. It was both popular and well received by the critics. As raphaella and cassiel sit on top of the brandenburg gate, he expresses a desire to experience human life.
There are a few moments in the film which touch on the heavy narration seen in wings of desire, though to a much lesser degree wim wenders cowrote the screenplay with richard reitinger and ulrich zeiger, without the help of peter handke, who had written most of the narrative in the first film. Emit flesti read backward time itself is a very interesting character that can communicate with both angels and humans. Faraway, so close ends as if there has to be even another sequel. By submitting your name and email address you give hfpagg permission to store this information and use it to send you the weekly globe newsletter. Faraway so close intimacy is the name of the game as seven beautiful girls explore the boundaries of their love in faraway so close from awardwinning director alis locanta. And so damiel bruno ganz is now married to marion solveig dommartin, runs. Similar films to watch if you like faraway, so close. It contains cameos of some of the actors who appeared in faraway, so close.
Weird german art movie from 1993 starring natasja kinski, willem defoe, lou reed, and. The film is a followup wenders insists its not a sequel to his earlier 1988. Wim wenders the amateur philosopher gets the better of wim wenders the filmmaker in the awkwardly titled faraway, so close. Intro by camera assistant martina radwan sat sep 12 at 9. The producer is nowhere to be found and director friedrich. It relies on the language of the heart and asks its viewers to see it as it truly is, through the same myopic eyes to try and understand a dream. The film opens with the angel cassiel otto sander standing on the statue of the angel of victory overlooking postcold war berlin. It is all fairly messy, and chaotic and confusing to boot at the actionpacked finale. The title of this song alludes to the 1993 wim wenders film. Paris, texas gives wings to this daring film of suspense and intrigue. While angels are forbidden to directly intervene in the lives of humans, cassiel impulsively breaks this rule when he saves a little girl who falls from the balcony of an apartment block. The gravitydefying imagery of director wim wenders wings of desire.
And he does, as karl engel, a man who perhaps knows too much, perhaps like in many of hitchcocks. Growing ever more despondent over his fate as a mere observer of human life, rather than a vital part of it, cassiel dreams of crossing over to the. Soundtrack faraway so close movie soundtrack amazon. Quite a disappointment compared to its masterpiece prequel, wings of desire. Texas gives wings to this daring film of suspense and intrigue. It is the fifth track on their 1993 album, zooropa, and was released as the albums third single on 22 november 1993. With the shimmering, elegiac faraway, so close selected theaters, wim wenders continues the magnificent spiritual odyssey he commenced six years ago with wings of desire.
Some scenes from wim wenders movie faraway, so close. The film reflects on what it is like to be human, good vs. Actors otto sander, bruno ganz and peter falk reprise their roles as angels who have become human. It is a sequel to wenders 1987 film wings of desire. Slowart a messy slapstick comedy with a rivettesque touch, the only thing to enjoy here is fantastic casting, especially heinz ruhmann, a favourite actor of hitler and anne frank, in his last role, whose barely recognizable aged face is a film in itself. Its as if writerdirector wim wenders threw in every idea he discarded from the first iteration of the story, wings of desire. Cinema has produced many wonderful films over the past century or so, but when looking at the various elements of film combined here. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing faraway, so close. With the shimmering, elegiac faraway, so close selected theaters, wim wenders continues the magnificent spiritual odyssey he. The song became stay, with the parenthetical subtitle faraway, so close. The song reached number one in ireland and reached the top 10 in australia, iceland, the united kingdom, and several other countries.
The earlier film was a taut masterpiece, a fantasy and a love story. Wim wenders swears faraway, so closea film with much the same cast, characters, setting, design and thematic concerns as his beloved. Faraway, so close marks mikhail gorbachevs feature film debut. Feb 20, 2012 there are a few moments in the film which touch on the heavy narration seen in wings of desire, though to a much lesser degree wim wenders cowrote the screenplay with richard reitinger and ulrich zeiger, without the help of peter handke, who had written most of the narrative in the first film. Their attachment to things diminishes their desire for the invisible. Dec 22, 1993 in all the publicity material for all the seasons films, this is surely the most peculiar and deadpan stars bio. The story follows the angel cassiel, who unlike his friend damiel, chose not to become human in the. Jealousy brings tracy lindsay and silvie luca to a new level of emotional understanding, as each. But wenders and his photographer, jurgen jurges, also communicate a compelling sense of their city of angels. This idea is so well excecuted that every single scene looks. There are no english subtitles to this video but do not let that spoil your. Sep, 2017 original version soundtrack from the movie faraway so close 1993 wim wenders film.
On location in portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of roger cormans day the world ended 1955. Wenders followup to wings of desire is a considerable disappointment, a sprawling metaphysical caper movie which has much in common with his previous. The plot focuses on an angel character who becomes a man, and as such, experiences some of the trauma of being human. In all the publicity material for all the seasons films, this is surely the most peculiar and deadpan stars bio. The film also stars nastassja kinski, willem dafoe and heinz ruhmann, in his last film role. There is the duality of existence we all face, mirrored through the experience of an angel who falls to earth, who falls precisely because he can no longer.
The screenplay is by wenders, richard reitinger and ulrich zieger. The original version of u2s faraway so close, the nick cave tracks, and the soundtrack excerpts are all wonderful. The film is lighter and more buoyant than its predecessor, and its plot is more conventional. Faraway, so close is not so much a sequel to wenders brilliant, poetic wings of desire as it is a separate film with characters brought in from both wings and until the end of the world.
Yes, this movie is not as good as its precursor, wings of desire, but its soundtrack, though not as rich as wods soundtrack is still worth the price of purchase. This time out, the remarkable soundtrack includes music by laurent petitgand and graeme revell, as well as songs by nick cave and lou. I was in that state when i first viewed faraway, so close. Both follow the lives of angels in berlin who become human and stumble around trying figure out life once their wings are clipped. As she falls, cassiel tries to save her and suddenly becomes. Road movies and tobis filmkunst present a film by wim wenders. While angels are forbidden to directly intervene in the lives of humans.
Of course he doesnt need to be high he can sit anywhere and watch the screens, but the detail is significant. Faraway, so close is a 1993 german fantasy film directed by wim wenders. U2 stay faraway, so close subtitulada en espanol hd. The berlin wall came down between the making of the two films, and the tone of faraway, so close reflects that change. Growing ever more despondent over his fate as a mere observer of human life, rather than a vital part of it, cassiel dreams of crossing over to the human world. As one angel laments, its so exhausting to love people who run away from us.
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