The plot of this film is not strong, it replaces the narrative with lyricism, so it looks very boring, most of the whole film is angels shuttle over Berlin, constantly seeing all kinds of people, listening to With their hearts and minds. Even the most attractive element of love is not the main theme of the whole movie, but just a small embellishment. Such a film as poetic as the Bible is not known for its plot, and it hopes that people will naturally focus not on the ups and downs of the plot, but on the deep emotions and humanity in the calm and even repetitive stories.
Wenders is not an idealist, and would naively think that as long as an angel becomes a mortal, he can get rid of the helplessness of an angel as a bystander. In fact, he clearly sees that even if an angel becomes a mortal, it is difficult to get rid of the helplessness of being a bystander. Destiny, so he uses the rational angel Cassirer to explain that nothing will change, this is the existence of reality. (Damir: "I'll let everyone know me, no one will doubt me. Not a word, understand any language, that's my first day." Cassirer: "But not a single thing It will really happen.”) But the director does not place this real helplessness in an absolutely pessimistic situation, because he finds hope. This hope is children and love. Many films that reflect Germany during or after World War II place their hopes on children. Just like "Schindler's List", in the bloody and ruthless war, people who bring hope are always innocent and untouched. dust child. The same is true of Wenders' film, and compared to the embellished performance of other films, Wenders constantly mentions it in the film, obviously taking it as an important theme.
The truth and happiness of life, Cassirer listened to Marion's voice at the end of the film, "I am a person with no prospects and no nationality. I insist on staying here, free, free to love, everything is possible. I just have to look up and I'm the world. Sitting here now, there's a sense of bliss that I've always had." Indeed, as long as there is love, there is hope
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