der himmel über berlin 1

 

 

 

Wings of Desire (1987) - Dir. Wim Wenders           
 

'Wings of Desire' was the English title given to Wenders' 'Der Himmel über Berlin' (The Sky Over Berlin). Wenders' post-war Berlin is watched over by angels, invisible to all but children, who try to bring comfort to the city's inhabitants. One of the angels, Daniel, falls in love with a trapeze artist (Marian) and longs to become mortal. American actor Peter Falk, better known as 'Columbo' assists by explaining the joys of being human. Shot in black and white, the film changes to colour when the transformation is complete. The film was later remade by Hollywood as 'City of Angels' starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan, but the original is far superior.

http://www.wim-wenders.com/movies/movies_spec/wingsofdesire/wingsofdesire.htm

 

Peter Handke

 

*  Lied vom Kindsein 1           

 

Als das Kind Kind war,
ging es mit hängenden Armen,
wollte der Bach sei ein Fluß,
der Fluß sei ein Strom,
und diese Pfütze das Meer.
Als das Kind Kind war,
wußte es nicht, daß es Kind war,
alles war ihm beseelt,
und alle Seelen waren eins.
Als das Kind Kind war,
hatte es von nichts eine Meinung,
hatte keine Gewohnheit,
saß oft im Schneidersitz,
lief aus dem Stand,
hatte einen Wirbel im Haar
und machte kein Gesicht beim fotografieren.

 

* Song of Childhood

 

When the child was a child
It walked with its arms swinging,
wanted the brook to be a river,
the river to be a torrent,
and this puddle to be the sea.
When the child was a child,
it didn't know that it was a child,
everything was soulful,
and all souls were one.
When the child was a child,
it had no opinion about anything,
had no habits,
it often sat cross-legged,
took off running,
had a cowlick in its hair,
and made no faces when photographed.

 

Peter Handke

 

 

* Lied vom Kindsein 2           

Als das Kind Kind war,
war es die Zeit der folgenden Fragen:
Warum bin ich ich und warum nicht du?
Warum bin ich hier und warum nicht dort?
Wann begann die Zeit und wo endet der Raum?
Ist das Leben unter der Sonne nicht bloß ein Traum?
Ist was ich sehe und höre und rieche
nicht bloß der Schein einer Welt vor der Welt?
Gibt es tatsächlich das Böse und Leute,
die wirklich die Bösen sind?
Wie kann es sein, daß ich, der ich bin,
bevor ich wurde, nicht war,
und daß einmal ich, der ich bin,
nicht mehr der ich bin, sein werde?

* Song of Childhood

It was the time for 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?
Is life under the sun not just a dream?
Is what I see and hear and smell
not just an illusion of a world before the world?
Given the facts of evil and people.
does evil really exist?
How can it be that I, who I am,
didn't exist before I came to be,
and that, someday, I, who I am,
will no longer be who I am?

 

Peter Handke

 

* Lied vom Kindsein 3           

Als das Kind Kind war,
war es die Zeit der folgenden Fragen:
Warum bin ich ich und warum nicht du?
Warum bin ich hier und warum nicht dort?
Wann begann die Zeit und wo endet der Raum?
Ist das Leben unter der Sonne nicht bloß ein Traum?

* Song of Childhood

When the child was a child,
It was the time for 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?
Is life under the sun not just a dream?

Peter Handke

 

* Lied vom Kindsein 4           

Als das Kind Kind war,
genügten ihm als Nahrung Apfel, Brot,
und so ist es immer noch.
Als das Kind Kind war,
fielen ihm die Beeren wie nur Beeren in die Hand
und jetzt immer noch,
machten ihm die frischen Walnüsse eine rauhe Zunge
und jetzt immer noch,
hatte es auf jedem Berg
die Sehnsucht nach dem immer höheren Berg,
und in jeder Stadt
die Sehnsucht nach der noch größeren Stadt,
und das ist immer noch so,
griff im Wipfel eines Baums nach dem Kirschen in einem Hochgefühl
wie auch heute noch,
eine Scheu vor jedem Fremden
und hat sie immer noch,
wartete es auf den ersten Schnee,
und wartet so immer noch.
Als das Kind Kind war,
warf es einen Stock als Lanze gegen den Baum,
und sie zittert da heute noch.

* When the child was a child,
It was enough for it to eat an apple, ... bread,
And so it is even now.
When the child was a child,
Berries filled its hand as only berries do,
and do even now,
Fresh walnuts made its tongue raw,
and do even now,
it had, on every mountaintop,
the longing for a higher mountain yet,
and in every city,
the longing for an even greater city,
and that is still so,
It reached for cherries in topmost branches of trees
with an elation it still has today,
has a shyness in front of strangers,
and has that even now.
It awaited the first snow,
And waits that way even now.
When the child was a child,
It threw a stick like a lance against a tree,
And it quivers there still today.

 

Wings of Desire subway scene           

Damiel stands on the subway listening to everyone's worries, and comforts a depressed man.

 

"Wings of desire" library           

Just like in Tarkovsky`s "Stalker" in this remarkable movie of Win Wenders we can see a "thin line" between sound and picture, and thats is what I love. Enjoy.

 

            Jürgen Knieper - "Der alte Mercedes" (1987)           

 

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Carny (5x5)           

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds performing live at MTV's Live 'n' Loud supporting "The Boatman's Call"


1x5: into my arms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQUaWY_klgk

2x5: brompton oratory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_esUexstdbg

3x5: west country girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A3LxRyDR-c

4x5: far from me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRqS62jaVjk

5x5: the carny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvDM0OgwVcg

Wings Of Desire (Zirkusmusik) - Laurent Petitgand 설명 펴기

"Der Himmel Uber Berlin" OST

Crime & the City Solution -- Six Bells Chime 설명 펴기

From the movie "Der Himmel über Berlin" ("Wings of desire"), by Wim Wenders

Lyrics:

This is where it started
The trucks, the trees and her six bells
Now baby's going to look back home
I'm wearing my clean clothes
Yeah, I still got the ones you gave me
You've been treading some unsafe ground
And baby looks tired tonight
Out amongst the pikes and narrow streets
You go around
I hear the six bells, they're ringing
Yeah, the six bells they chime

Lay down your head now
You will sleep sound
I'll hold onto you
Through life's time
You're seventeen
You're seventeen at this time

I wear your silver ring
With your hand on my heart
Left you there with your gray eyes
Pack up their suitcase and leave
Raise my hand up to the sky
Now, don't you touch me
Don't you try
An age ago you wouldn't touch me
On the last day
We will always be fighting
A promise
A year of luxury
Perfect
Perfect kiss
How long, my long lost,
Will the last day be
I'm innocent of you there
And you of me

And you will sleep sound
I'll hold onto you
In life's time
You're seventeen
You're seventeen at this time

I met you when you were a young girl
Years and years six bells back
Six bells passed above the two
On a pier in another time
When I drew your body close to mine
You held your head up high then
You reached inside then
I'd give you everything
At this time
My pretty one
My fearless one
You held your head up high then
My fearless one
From this time
My fearless one
My young pretty one
The six bells - I made them ring

Lay down your head now
You will sleep sound
I will hold onto you
Until death's time
You're seventeen at this time
You're seventeen at this time

 

Nick Cave and the bad seeds-the Carny_ from her to eternity 설명 펴기

 

Wings of Desire(full movie, 1987) 1/8           

Set in the years preceeding the fall of the Berlin Wall Wings of Desire follows a group of characters that inhabit Berlin in its confusing and disjointed sepia toned world of Damien and Cassiel two angels who wander the world observing the goins on of the mortal worlds seen only by children.Damien begins to become curious about wanting to be human and becomes obsessed with a trapeeze artist named Marion and meets actor Peter Falk whose past is soon revealed.