Wings of Desire

WINGS OF DESIRE (1987) - Sept. 27, 2010
About a couple of angels who wander around Germany listening to people's thoughts (and all Germans, apparently, think exclusively about poetry and philosophy), this was a maddeningly pretentious film.  I'm kind of shocked that this is as well-regarded as it is; it's meandering and a bit pointless.  Maybe if there were a single person who felt authentic the film might have had a bit more of an impact, but as it stands the film feels like a thinly-veiled excuse for Wim Wenders to explore philosophy (i.e. it's the philosophy equivalent of a dumb Hollywood action movie in which the characters are just an excuse to get to the action).  *1/2