Sun 6 Apr 2008

The 85 Weirdest, Day 12: Wim Wenders


The March/April 85th anniversary issue of Weird Tales features our big list of “The 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years.” We’re breaking it down online, too: one honoree per day, in no particular order, for 85 days!

The atmospheric film Wings of Desire saw two angels wander the streets of Berlin, contemplating love, suicide, and Peter Falk. Then writer-director WIM WENDERS (1945- ) brought us Until the End of the World, the story of a falling nuclear satellite intersecting with the saga of a genius who can record human dreams. In The End of Violence, Edward Hopper’s painting “Nighthawks” comes to moving, breathing life while a surveillance agent probes Los Angeles from the digital ether. The soul and the machine: Wenders knows both well.

Category: The 85 Weirdest!

5 Responses to “The 85 Weirdest, Day 12: Wim Wenders”

  1. Rob Davies
    April 8th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

    I just added these films to my Netflix queue. I never saw them, but Until the End of the World has a phenomenal soundtrack with one of my favorite R.E.M. songs.

  2. Rob Davies
    April 8th, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Aaargh, Netflix only has Wings of Desire.

  3. Allison Rich
    April 9th, 2008 at 7:13 am

    Rob: yeah, Netflix is wonderful but it does not have all of Wenders stuff. When you rent Wings of Desire (one of my fave films), rent Faraway So Close. That is Cassiel’s story, the other angel. It’s not as good as Wings of Desire, but it’s a good compliment. And Neflix DOES have that one. Wings of Desire is pure poetry, and the soundtrack is haunting. It’s well worth it to watch the extras on both discs.

  4. Rob Davies
    April 9th, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    Thanks for the info, Allison. I’ll check out both films.

  5. WEIRD TALES: magazine of the gothic, fantastic & bizarre » Blog Archive » Here they are: The 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years!
    April 23rd, 2008 at 6:39 am

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