Compare 'Under the Berlin Sky' and 'City of Angels'

Carolyne 2022-04-19 09:02:14

These are two completely different films based on the same story. Either way you won't regret it.

"Under the Berlin Sky", a typical European literary film;
"City of Angels", a typical Hollywood commercial film;

"Under the Berlin Sky", Daniel's eyes are purer;
"City of Angels", Seth's eyes are more melancholy;

"Under the Berlin Sky", can't say the specific plot. Love can be regarded as a clue, but with Berlin after World War II as the background, the connotation shown is far more profound and profound than love;
"City of Angels" wins with plot. Love is the absolute main line, which is in line with the characteristics of Hollywood.

"Under the Berlin Sky", the connotation of the lines, it is too late to fully understand the meaning of the lines after watching the movie once. If you really want to understand his lines, you will feel that your ears and brains are not enough. If there is a text version, it may also be recommended.
"City of Angels", the development of the plot and the expression of emotions are relatively straightforward. You just have to take your eyes and see him. If the feelings are really rich, just prepare some tissues at the end of the movie.

"Under the Berlin Sky" is basically a black and white picture, and many scenes are in ruins and a mess. But you won't feel that the picture is very messy, but the black and white can reveal some warm tones of compassion. Very beautiful feeling.
"City of Angels" is a very warm and pure warm color.

"Under the Berlin Sky", you can call it a boring film, you may need some patience to watch it. But if you are willing to immerse yourself in it, you can't help but watch it a second time, to feel Wenders' pictures again, taste his lines, and follow him to touch the despair, loneliness, Hesitant, sensitive...
"City of Angels", it should be said that his most successful plot is not his touching and vulgar plot. The biggest highlight of the film is his music "Angle". Sarah McLachlan's soft and refreshing singing, soothingly brings out an indescribable taste, like the sound of nature echoing in the depths of the soul.

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Extended Reading
  • Constance 2022-03-22 09:02:03

    It's really boring, but there are a few scenes that are quite interesting. The slow and monotonous lines follow the protagonist to wander around the city of Berlin. 2 hours are like a day and a night. The subtitles pay tribute to Ozu, Truffaut and other seniors. To be revisited.

  • Brennon 2022-01-01 08:01:42

    4K repair and rewatch. Soon after the release, this Berlin ceased to exist, so every frame of the picture permeated immediacy and nostalgic sentiment like a gift from God. The birth of desire and the long-term wait and see are like filmmakers who have been living behind the camera for many years as a filmmaker, like the nested structure of the play in the play, embedding reality together. Its support is the so-called "loneliness" emotion, perhaps it is this that makes it complete.

Wings of Desire quotes

  • Damiel: When the child was a child, it was the time of these questions. Why am I me, and why not you? Why am I here, and why not there? When did time begin, and where does space end? Isn't life under the sun just a dream? Isn't what I see, hear, and smell just the mirage of a world before the world? Does evil actually exist, and are there people who are really evil? How can it be that I, who am I, wasn't before I was, and that sometime I, the one I am, no longer will be the one I am?

  • Homer, the aged poet: [inner voice] Tell me, muse, of the storyteller who has been thrust to the edge of the world, both an infant and an ancient, and through him reveal everyman. With time, those who listened to me became my readers. They no longer sit in a circle, bur rather sit apart. And one doesn't know anything about the other. I'm an old man with a broken voice, but the tale still rises from the depths, and the mouth, slightly opened, repeats it as clearly, as powerfully. A liturgy for which no one needs to be initiated to the meaning of words and sentences.