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Saturday, June 25, 2011

I Can't See You, But I Know You're There


Ganz and Falk and Sander, Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire (1987)).

5 comments:

  1. Great (BBC?) radio show (in 3 parts)... Part 1:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWE8m3bV19o&feature=related

    Just one more thing...

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  2. Sorry, I initially missed the point of this post altogether... never saw "Wings of Desire", but it sounds interesting!

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  3. There's a blog post on the full speech here
    http://crashinglybeautiful.tumblr.com/post/6874888996/peter-falk-i-cant-see-you-but-i-know-youre

    It's a memorable scene, about how we can reach between here and the 'there' that is beyond us. Also, it shows how humanity can be better than angelic and divine perfection.

    Here's a clip from the film with Falk, which showed how Berlin was the perfect no man's land between east and west in 1987 for these questions:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7s-H4EqP4I

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  4. And thanks to the Crashingly Beautiful blog for the link. Here is the whole scene with the full speech
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U9kjN5ISDQ&feature=player_embedded

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  5. Wonderful scene! I loved the backdrop of Berlin... which has always fascinated me since the 70's and I started listening to electronic music, a lot of which originated there.

    Thanks!

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