serendipitous - or not so random, since the recent SPN ep is the one that made the clearest Wenders impression - I watched the latest SPN today and also was prompted to recall Peter Falk's angel and his long observation of humans on Earth; I felt seriously stupid to never have before today noticed the copycat trench-coat wearing Castiel (Misha, so seriously gorgeous, goddamn).
I count myself as a die-hard Wenders fan (oops), though I admit I haven't seen his latest in a few years (I have even managed to miss Faraway, So Close... I also did not see The end of Violence, though I saw Lisbon Story and Million Dollar Hotel. I have NOT seen the extended cut of Bis Ans Ende der Welt, and would OMG LOVE TO).
My favorite Wenders is The State of Things, really, Der Stand der Dinge, L'Etat des choses. For some reason I never really think of this movie without thinking of those three titles. And the one sheet. The tag line is superb, too: They didn't want to kill him, they just wanted a story. Patrick Bauchau forever remains a big love of mine, and all because of his work with Wenders.
I remember loving Faux Mouvement (False Movement / The Wrong Move) a lot, and the one about Nick Ray with the slow boat to China at the end. My favorite Winter is probably Alice, even with all my love for ... what's your acronym, god, UTEOTW? right. I should learn to type that, it is quicker than the German title I always think of.
I used to say, as a pompous film student, that Wenders often missed some of what he was going for, but that his failures were the most interesting thing about his cinema - or at least, that his failures were more interesting and valuable than most of other filmmakers' successes. I still believe that. And he gave me access to Hanke...
Als das Kind Kind war, wusste es nicht dass es Kind war, alles war ihm beseelt , und alle Seelen waren eins..
sry for repost, but missing words + typos were too much to sit idly. :)
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I count myself as a die-hard Wenders fan (oops), though I admit I haven't seen his latest in a few years (I have even managed to miss Faraway, So Close... I also did not see The end of Violence, though I saw Lisbon Story and Million Dollar Hotel. I have NOT seen the extended cut of Bis Ans Ende der Welt, and would OMG LOVE TO).
My favorite Wenders is The State of Things, really, Der Stand der Dinge, L'Etat des choses. For some reason I never really think of this movie without thinking of those three titles. And the one sheet. The tag line is superb, too: They didn't want to kill him, they just wanted a story. Patrick Bauchau forever remains a big love of mine, and all because of his work with Wenders.
I remember loving Faux Mouvement (False Movement / The Wrong Move) a lot, and the one about Nick Ray with the slow boat to China at the end. My favorite Winter is probably Alice, even with all my love for ... what's your acronym, god, UTEOTW? right. I should learn to type that, it is quicker than the German title I always think of.
I used to say, as a pompous film student, that Wenders often missed some of what he was going for, but that his failures were the most interesting thing about his cinema - or at least, that his failures were more interesting and valuable than most of other filmmakers' successes. I still believe that. And he gave me access to Hanke...
Als das Kind Kind war, wusste es nicht dass es Kind war, alles war ihm beseelt , und alle Seelen waren eins..
sry for repost, but missing words + typos were too much to sit idly. :)