Overall I liked Der Himmel über Berlin. It is not as dated as I expected it to be. There’s some beautiful imagery and I liked the peek into the human(s’) mind, this was one of the things I liked best in City of Angels too (along with the library scenes). And Columbo? Very amusing :) Some parts dragged a bit: like the speech she gave him when they finally met, and some circus scenes (I’m not the biggest circus fan, but oddly for one year in kindergarten I absolutely wanted to be a trapeze artist when I grew up, so it must have interested me at one time).

Anyhow, there’s a sequel called In weiter Ferne, so nah! that I’d like to check out too, and it takes place after the reunification of Berlin. I’m actually visiting Berlin for the first time next Saturday, looking forward to it!

God I love Wim Wenders. This is not a very accessible movie; it’s deeply into art-house territory. But if you have the patience for it it’s a beautiful meditation on the city of Berlin.

Wenders’ unique focus on music is in full effect here. Where other directors use nightclub scenes as backdrop, Wenders puts us front-row at a Nick Cave concert in a cramped Berlin club, and lets the characters do what real people do at a concert… close their eyes and get into the music.

I can’t bring myself to write a proper review… if you like sympathetic meditations on cities, people, and human details, then see this movie. It’s as simple as that.

although i liked that the movie was in german and the fact that the brown, almost sepia-toned world, was that of the angels and that the world of color was that of man, (it took me awhile to figure this out. once it clicked it made perfect sense), i did not like this movie as a whole. surprising since i loved “city of angels”.