Wings of Desire is a film that tries to make you feel like you are a part of it; trying to make you feel like you are one of the two angels in the film. What makes this movie unique is that the angels present in the movie are not your ordinary guardian angels but angels that are brought to Earth to look after human beings. In Wim Wender's film, the angels are invisible walking through the divided city of Berlin. Standing above the world on tall buildings, statues, or trying to comfort victims in trouble, they compare notes while they watch and listen to the people around them. The film presents a mood of meditation and loneliness as we see the patients of two angels: Damiel and Cassiel fighting to realize what it is like to only be able to see everything but not able to participate in the events. They listen to worried parents, victims of the past, passengers on trains, and frequent walkers. They were in Berlin back when the wall divided it; they have been there before Hitler and were able to witness World War II.
This is a slow moving film, which has no plot but keeps you involved in its twisted turns and unknown facts. Right when you think nothing will happen, the movie takes a turn and angel Damiel decides that he wants to be human. Falling in love with a trapeze artist he goes ever night to a circus where she performs in the center ring. Damiel and the other angel Cassiel discuss how it would be to be able to feel things that humans feel, being able to get dirt on your hands and being able to peruse in life. Children are often times able to see the angels but the adults have that loss. The angels cannot directly affect their lives but they try to learn new things as the days go on. The colors in this movie are important. This movie is in black and white during over half of the movie. This is significant because to the angels, the world is a black world that they have watched everything about but know nothing. And after love strikes and Damiel becomes human the movie appears in color. It represents the humans and the happiness of Damiel. He finally can experience pain and joy and he has a chance to win Marion's heart.
This is a slow moving film, which has no plot but keeps you involved in its twisted turns and unknown facts. Right when you think nothing will happen, the movie takes a turn and angel Damiel decides that he wants to be human. Falling in love with a trapeze artist he goes ever night to a circus where she performs in the center ring. Damiel and the other angel Cassiel discuss how it would be to be able to feel things that humans feel, being able to get dirt on your hands and being able to peruse in life. Children are often times able to see the angels but the adults have that loss. The angels cannot directly affect their lives but they try to learn new things as the days go on. The colors in this movie are important. This movie is in black and white during over half of the movie. This is significant because to the angels, the world is a black world that they have watched everything about but know nothing. And after love strikes and Damiel becomes human the movie appears in color. It represents the humans and the happiness of Damiel. He finally can experience pain and joy and he has a chance to win Marion's heart.