Mentions (6)
"it's okay to enjoy both tim burton's batman and wim wenders' wings of desire, it's fine to read whimsical fantasy novels and established experimental fiction, that doesn't make me a contradiction, it makes me a normal fucking human being."
"He also closely collaborated with Jim Jarmusch, pushing him to shoot Wim Wenders' throwaway script that eventually became Stranger Than Paradise where he starred, one of my all time favourite films."
"Wenders says in an interview that Hirayama is his idea of a 'utopian human figure', and that he lives his life in 'contented solitude', but it really seems like the movie is showing us the opposite. How can a person living in complete fear of the emotions of others, and of his own emotions, be a uto"
"Made not long before the fall of the Berlin Wall, this stunning tapestry of sounds and images, shot in black and white and color by the legendary Henri Alekan, forever made the name of director Wim Wenders synonymous with film art."
"Just my second Wim Wenders feature (after Paris, Texas). Hopper's Tom Ripley has a certain Buckley-esque affect that makes you wonder just where he came from, despite the cowboy hat. Despite the above, I would say the plot is the weakest individual element here; perhaps that's not surprising given W"
"Just my second Wim Wenders feature (after Paris, Texas)."