Artsy foreign film about two angels that come to Earth and spend a lot of time walking around listening to people's thoughts. When I say a lot of time, I should stress over half of the film's length. Eventually one of the angels decides he wants to be human because he fell for a trapeze artist. But it takes a very long time for the film to get there. There's also a subplot about Peter Falk (playing himself) shooting a movie in Berlin. Falk's part is probably the most enjoyable part of the film. Other than the beautiful photography. Look, it's a very pretentious movie. Obviously how much you will enjoy it depends in large part upon how you feel about films like this. It's the kind of movie you feel like you should be wearing a scarf while watching it. There is some good stuff here but it also reminded me of an episode of The Simpsons from years ago where Barney Gumble made an art film called "Pukahontas" that was pointless drivel yet the film snob phonies all praised it as a masterpiece.
Review of Wings of Desire
