Wim Wenders Videos

As we continue with our Rock s video for the song Stay (Faraway So Close) is an obvious homage to that flick. Watch the video and you will get a tiny taste of Wings Of Desire. And that next episode will be my 300th podcast. Seems real nice to me that it comes in the Finale of remembering a loved one! Mike 

As we continue with our Rock s video for the song Stay (Faraway So Close) is an obvious homage to that flick. Watch the video and you will get a tiny taste of Wings Of Desire. And that next episode will be my 300th podcast. Seems real nice to me that it comes in the Finale of remembering a loved one! Mike 

Around 2000-2001, I visited Angel out in Pennsylvania. I brought with me a movie I thought she would like- City Of Angels. It had nothing to do with her name, it was just that after going together for a long time, I kind of knew what she might like (I wasn’t always correct, lol!). She flipped over the movie, bought it and watched it many times. However, I knew it was based on a German movie, directed by Wim Wenders, called Wings Of Desire, but I hadn’t seen it at that time. Well, to me, now that I have, there is no comparison. The Wenders film is in black & white, is much darker in mood, and has subtitles except when Peter Falk is speaking. It is far superior- although that’s just my opinion. So, I thought I would open this chapter up with my favorite scene from the movie- of course it is with Peter Falk and in English. What he says about living as a human is so simple and beautiful- just a wonderful moment captured on film. A COMPANERO! And this will not be our last trip to the movies for Angels. As for the rest of this episode, I think I will say nothing and just let you listen to the directions we will go in. However, I do want to thank a dear friend, Denise Decker, for making me listen closer to a beautiful song from the City Of Angels soundtrack I might have overlooked. And one other thing, I will bring us to this halfway point with a song that has taken on a new meaning for me. You will understand what I mean. Many more Angels to come in the next 2 installments. Mike

Around 2000-2001, I visited Angel out in Pennsylvania. I brought with me a movie I thought she would like- City Of Angels. It had nothing to do with her name, it was just that after going together for a long time, I kind of knew what she might like (I wasn’t always correct, lol!). She flipped over the movie, bought it and watched it many times. However, I knew it was based on a German movie, directed by Wim Wenders, called Wings Of Desire, but I hadn’t seen it at that time. Well, to me, now that I have, there is no comparison. The Wenders film is in black & white, is much darker in mood, and has subtitles except when Peter Falk is speaking. It is far superior- although that’s just my opinion. So, I thought I would open this chapter up with my favorite scene from the movie- of course it is with Peter Falk and in English. What he says about living as a human is so simple and beautiful- just a wonderful moment captured on film. A COMPANERO! And this will not be our last trip to the movies for Angels. As for the rest of this episode, I think I will say nothing and just let you listen to the directions we will go in. However, I do want to thank a dear friend, Denise Decker, for making me listen closer to a beautiful song from the City Of Angels soundtrack I might have overlooked. And one other thing, I will bring us to this halfway point with a song that has taken on a new meaning for me. You will understand what I mean. Many more Angels to come in the next 2 installments. Mike

Filed under: News, Exclusive, Book Club, Movies, Television Nick Cave is no stranger to the big screen. Along with fellow Bad Seed Warren Ellis, he's scored 'The Assassination of Jesse James' and 'The Road,' penned the scripts to 'The Proposition' and a forthcoming feature entitled 'The Death of a Ladies Man' and even dabbled as an actor, popping up in Wim Wenders' 1987 film 'Wings of Desire' as well as ' Jesse James.' But when we spoke to him about his new novel, we were certain that he had aspirations to translate the adventures of his main character 'Bunny Munro' into a film. He said that's not so -- instead, Cave is shooting for the small screen. "I want to do a TV series or at least like a three-part TV series," Cave tells Spinner. "You can go deeper with TV in a way, within actually creating a character. You have more time to live with the character."

"Di me cosa ne sai" comincia come un'inchiesta su uno dei tanti misteri degli anni Settanta. Ma a differenza di altri misteri italiani senza soluzione, qui non ci sono cadaveri, né stragi. C'è però l'improvviso, rapidissimo declino di un cinema che per trent'anni ha dominato le scene internazionali. Com'è potuto succedere? Chi o che cosa ha ucciso il grande cinema italiano? Questa domanda ci guida in un percorso ricco di testimonianze preziose e di riflessioni originali: da Mario Monicelli a Wim Wenders, da Dino De Laurentiis ad Andreotti, Ken Loach e molti registi italiani. Ma "Di me cosa ne sai" è soprattutto un racconto in forma di diario, brevi sprazzi dalla vita quotidiana di alcuni registi impegnati in una lotta a volte drammatica a volte comica per difendere il proprio lavoro e i propri film, che spesso è anche una lotta per la sopravvivenza personale. Un viaggio in Italia attraverso sale cinematografiche, esercenti innamorati del proprio mestiere, multiplex, laboratori digitali di Cinecittà e vecchi proiezionisti girovaghi… un viaggio che è anche un ritratto amoroso del cinema e del nostro paese.

"Di me cosa ne sai" comincia come un'inchiesta su uno dei tanti misteri degli anni Settanta. Ma a differenza di altri misteri italiani senza soluzione, qui non ci sono cadaveri, né stragi. C'è però l'improvviso, rapidissimo declino di un cinema che per trent'anni ha dominato le scene internazionali. Com'è potuto succedere? Chi o che cosa ha ucciso il grande cinema italiano? Questa domanda ci guida in un percorso ricco di testimonianze preziose e di riflessioni originali: da Mario Monicelli a Wim Wenders, da Dino De Laurentiis ad Andreotti, Ken Loach e molti registi italiani. Ma "Di me cosa ne sai" è soprattutto un racconto in forma di diario, brevi sprazzi dalla vita quotidiana di alcuni registi impegnati in una lotta a volte drammatica a volte comica per difendere il proprio lavoro e i propri film, che spesso è anche una lotta per la sopravvivenza personale. Un viaggio in Italia attraverso sale cinematografiche, esercenti innamorati del proprio mestiere, multiplex, laboratori digitali di Cinecittà e vecchi proiezionisti girovaghi… un viaggio che è anche un ritratto amoroso del cinema e del nostro paese.

"Di me cosa ne sai" comincia come un'inchiesta su uno dei tanti misteri degli anni Settanta. Ma a differenza di altri misteri italiani senza soluzione, qui non ci sono cadaveri, né stragi. C'è però l'improvviso, rapidissimo declino di un cinema che per trent'anni ha dominato le scene internazionali. Com'è potuto succedere? Chi o che cosa ha ucciso il grande cinema italiano? Questa domanda ci guida in un percorso ricco di testimonianze preziose e di riflessioni originali: da Mario Monicelli a Wim Wenders, da Dino De Laurentiis ad Andreotti, Ken Loach e molti registi italiani. Ma "Di me cosa ne sai" è soprattutto un racconto in forma di diario, brevi sprazzi dalla vita quotidiana di alcuni registi impegnati in una lotta a volte drammatica a volte comica per difendere il proprio lavoro e i propri film, che spesso è anche una lotta per la sopravvivenza personale. Un viaggio in Italia attraverso sale cinematografiche, esercenti innamorati del proprio mestiere, multiplex, laboratori digitali di Cinecittà e vecchi proiezionisti girovaghi… un viaggio che è anche un ritratto amoroso del cinema e del nostro paese.

This Preview complies with Title 17, ? 107 US Copyright Law (Fair Use) in that its purpose consists of review and critique, and the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole is not excessive. (5 min. out of 150 min.)

This Preview complies with Title 17, ? 107 US Copyright Law (Fair Use) in that its purpose consists of review and critique, and the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole is not excessive. (2 min. out of 150 min.)