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Title:	Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:	Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1249
Total number of notes:	16012

446.0. "Faraway, So Close!" by 26608::BRANDENBERG () Mon Jan 31 1994 12:43

Wim Wenders' sequel to 'Wings of Desire' opened Friday at the Coolidge
Corner.  It continues the story of the angels Damiel and Cassiel in
Berlin after unification.  Unlike the original's introspective and
contemplative script by Peter Handke, the sequel is more concerned with
the physical world and the small acts of good and evil carried out
everywhere in daily life and Cassiel's difficulty in adapting to 
such an existence.  Wenders' tries to achieve a darker feel by
revealing the ugliness to be found in and around Berlin but also
develops a degree of quiet humor that helps balance the film.

If you see this movie, don't expect the feel and pacing of the original
to be literally duplicated.  You will be disappointed.  While the
characters are familiar, the construction is quite different.

Stars/Cameos:  Bruno Ganz, Peter Falk, Solveig Dommartin, Rudiger Voegler,
Nastassja Kinski, Willem Defoe, Michail Gorbachev, Lou Reed.  I can't
remember who plays Cassiel.

One word of caution:  The Coolidge's projectors are badly in need of
a visit by the Kings of the Road.

monty

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
446.1		CDROM::SHIPLEY	Smmeeeeegggg Heeeeeeeeead	`Mon Jan 31 1994 16:55`	7
	> Stars/Cameos: Bruno Ganz, Peter Falk, Solveig Dommartin, Rudiger Voegler, > Nastassja Kinski, Willem Defoe, Michail Gorbachev, Lou Reed. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I was wondering what he was upto since Yeltsin took over... a sort of reversal of Ronnie Reagan's career...
446.2	a star is born?	VAXWRK::STHILAIRE	u don't know the shape i'm in	`Mon Jan 31 1994 16:57`	5
	Hopefully he'll be a better actor than Reagan was. MG has more charisma, anyway. Lorna
446.3		UHUH::MARISON	Scott Marison	`Mon Jan 31 1994 17:04`	6
	> Hopefully he'll be a better actor than Reagan was. MG has more > charisma, anyway. More charisma? Gorby has charisma??? Oh please!!! /scott
446.4		42195::FIDDLERM	Higher than the Sun	`Tue Feb 01 1994 08:04`	4
	Does anyone know if this movie ever opened in the UK? It was all over France last September, but I never saw it advertised in the UK. Mikef
446.5	like the song & video	VAXWRK::STHILAIRE	u don't know the shape i'm in	`Tue Feb 01 1994 11:45`	7
	re .3, compared to Reagan. I like the music video and the song by U2. Bono is such a cutie. Now we're talking charisma! :-) Lorna
446.6		9871::CLARK	Can you picture what will be?	`Mon Feb 07 1994 12:39`	1
	And so humble, too!
446.7		VAXWRK::STHILAIRE	blue windows behind the stars	`Mon Feb 07 1994 14:28`	11
	re .6, well, he made my daughter's day, last year, when he posed for a picture with her, and signed his name and drew a picture on the back of her denim jacket, so he's okay in my book. He even took the time to look at some drawings, of him, that she wanted to show him, asked her name, shook hands with her, and told her it was nice to meet her. So, Bono may, or may not, be humble, but he's nice to his fans, and that counts for a lot in my book. Lorna
446.8	he writes good songs	VAXWRK::STHILAIRE	blue windows behind the stars	`Mon Feb 07 1994 14:28`	5
	re .6, on the other hand, he's talented, good looking, rich and famous, so why be humble? :-) Lorna