When the plan was thwarted, God was very angry and banished the angel to the worst place on earth: Berlin.
Then God left.
These things happened at the "end of World War II" as we are accustomed to it today.
Since then, this group of angels who have been persecuted by the "Second Angelic Mutiny" has been trapped in this city, not only the day of release is far away, but there is no chance of being allowed to return to heaven again.
They are cursed to be witnesses, they can only be bystanders forever, they can't influence the actions of human beings, or intervene in the evolution of history, they can't even move a hand...
——"Attempting to describe an "indescribable" "The Movie", Wim Wenders
At the beginning of the film, Wenders challenges people's patience with his usual style-slow pace, lots of monologues. A woman watching TV, a child sitting behind a sofa, a woman smoking a cigarette at the entrance of a ladder, a lovelorn man soothing himself, a father worrying about his child's troubles... The rustling self-expressions are countless. Moving the mirror, a lot of high-altitude aerial shots in black and white - this kind of superficial indifference, only after the film is finished, it is discovered that it is actually a premeditated arrangement.
In post-war Germany, under the sky of Berlin, countless angels in black coats are guarding mankind. Angel Daniel and Cassirer are a pair of good friends, both have deep forbearance orders, peaceful and compassionate eyes, they share and experience the joys and sorrows of the guards. Maria, who works in the circus, is a beautiful and lonely woman who never gives up easily despite her many setbacks. Daniel gradually fell in love with her, and Yu You voluntarily became a mortal to stay in the world...
Photographer, producer, director, and writer, Wim Wenders has multiple identities. His brilliance is not only from the anthology "Once", the film diary "Time with Antonioni" and the global traveling photography exhibition "The Surface of the Earth". It is fully reflected in the picture", and it is more vividly developed in the film. Otherwise, this kind of old-fashioned story theme will become a romantic film if it is emotional, and it will run on the preaching road if it is rational. However, in the hands of Wenders, who is a trinity of scrutiny, onlookers and participants—speaking calmly, observing calmly, and participating candidly—it becomes a little more three-dimensional, interesting, and philosophical. And the last is still unfinished!
Wenders has made many documentaries, such as "Looking for Ozu", "The Soul of Blues", "The Floating Life of Lux", etc. He once said that he likes documentaries and also likes to make documentaries. In addition to the most direct record purpose, documentaries also have an important meaning to arouse thinking. If you taste "Under the Berlin Sky" carefully, you will find that this film is actually a documentary about exploration and cognition full of metaphors.
I want to feel the weight of my body - that's what Daniel said to Cassirer. The angel's exploration and reflection on the value of his own existence, together with the loss of human beings such as the young man who jumped to his death on the balcony, the mute child under the high wall, and the aphasia old man in the audio and video hall, have become a kind of subtle. Compared. Looking down from the sky and looking up at the ground, the collision of life and the fall of death, the indifference of the body and the longing for intimacy of the heart, the cruelty of war and the comfort of peace, the confrontation between eternity and emptiness... and the alternation of black and color in the portrait, etc. , all these contrasts are looking at and knowing our life from the angel's point of view. And this flat unfolding contrast, after these seemingly random shots are connected in series, makes the whole film full of poetic beauty and agility that is slightly melancholy!
In childhood, it was the love of parents; in youth, it was the love of classmates and friends; when growing up, it was the love of lovers. Thinking carefully, our life has always been supported by love. Maria, who is holding Lone Suo and swinging in the sky with angel wings, has a thorough understanding of the world, and has a little sadness, but she has always kept hope. Cello, Accordion, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - behind the music, from her to eternity. This colorful love is the driving force for Daniel Yi to stay in the world and become a mortal. In addition to deep self-examination and introspection, the film also implies that we must believe in love, obey love, work hard to love, and live well for it!
When the child was a child,
he always liked to ask: Why am I just me and not you?
Isn't life under the sun a dream?
When a child is a child,
he only sees apples and bread, and that is his greatest joy, as he
grows up, the happiness becomes less and less, and
there is only a moment of happiness after work;
when the child is only a child, candy is candy , that's it;
under the walnut tree,
he opened his hands, very excited, he waited:
throwing a branch at a tree like a rocket ... do n't start in a
hurry, start
with excitement, not Use force.
Don't droop your head, fly up,
you are an angel!
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