The 1988 clasic is one of Roger Ebert’s Great Films, and certainly on of Wim Wenders’ best, this romantic fantasy tells the story of a Guardian Angel (Bruno Ganz) who falls in love with a beautiful woman and decides he wants to become human. Peter Falk also stars as himself, and aids the angel in making his choices. A fantasy with a lot to say about life.

I found this film thought provoking, inspiring, and a little bewildering. Roger Ebert, who lists Wings of Desire among the “Great Films”, has this to say:

“The film evokes a mood of reverie, elegy and meditation. It doesn’t rush headlong into plot, but has the patience of its angels. It suggests what it would be like to see everything but not participate in it. We follow two angels: Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander). They listen to the thoughts of an old Holocaust victim, and of parents worried about their son, and of the passengers on trams and the people in the streets; it’s like turning the dial and hearing snatches of many radio programs. They make notes about the hooker who hopes to earn enough money to go south, and the circus aerialist who fears that she will fall, because it is the night of the full moon.”  Roger Ebert’s full review

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