Wings of Desire - David Shum

This wasn't my first time attending a movie at the international cinema, but definitely my first one that was (at least partially) in black and white, and also German, with licks of French and English. That experience in itself was new. It was interesting to see a movie that had significant portions in different languages. Unlike most movies where characters speaking a foreign language play a minor role and often hardly speak. What made Wings of Desire significantly different than most movies is the emphasis on the script. Going through the movie, a lot of the focus is in what is said. There is not a whole lot happening visually. Usually, the audio complements the visual, for example, the explosion in an action seen is more focused on the visuals rather than the audio. However, Wings of Desire is just filled with voices (in our case, subtitles), and a lot of times, the actors' mouths were not even moving. Another interesting aspect of this movie was that it brings to attention a perspective of human life from another intelligent being. The film draws on aspects of this life that perhaps we take for granted. In one scene, the two angels are talking about some things they would like to experience, one was as simple as taking off your shoes under the table just to wiggle your toes. To us, yes, we may enjoy that feeling of wiggling our shoeless toes, but it's not something we notice and desire. That was just one of many examples of things that was brought into light, that we may not take any notice to each day.