Under the Berlin Sky

Theo 2022-03-24 09:02:14

This movie is like prose, like a rhythmic poem. An angel's understanding of human beings and his yearning for human life, ramble and talk to himself, come slowly with the narration of the movie, not abrupt, It's not harsh, like an old friend who has been away for a long time and tells you what he saw and heard after returning from a trip - beautiful scenery, trivial things, casual glances in the bar, sunlight, smiles of strangers outside the car window , Beautiful woman, holding hands, hot coffee in cold winter, bonfire on grassland, shells on beach, mountains in the distance, children's eyes, goldfish in pond, excited crowd, inadvertently Looking back, the reflection in the moonlight, walking with jumping, silent Sunday, loneliness, missing, enjoying loneliness...

Life is full of forms, what happens in one day in this world is enough for you to savor your whole life, but who can do it? Woolen cloth?

History is like a mentor, warning people about the mistakes they have made; war, this monster that should have gone extinct in the civilized world, ravages the fragile soul again and again; technology, the carrier of human civilization, proudly shows off The height that I have reached, but I have never considered what it brings to the earth; music, the resonance in the depths of the soul, the art spirit that can be closest to the heart; love, the function with the most variables in the world, the game? Perhaps, no one is lucky, no one is a loser.

When we were kids, we always asked questions like: Why am I me? instead of you? Why am I here and not there? Where does time start? Where does the space end? Isn't life under the sun a dream? What I've seen, heard, felt...isn't that the coat of this world? When we were children, we walked, shaking our arms, imagining that the creek was the river, and those little mud puddles were the sea. When we were children, we didn't know that we were only children, everything was full of life, and all life was the same... When we were children, we knew nothing about everything, had no habits , often sitting or running with crossed legs... a mess of hair and no grimacing when taking pictures. ("Under the Berlin Sky" lines)

When we start to get serious about something, we find that we have grown up. Just like "Finding Neverland": "Didn't you find it? When you say a certain sentence or do a certain thing, you have actually grown up. One second you were a child, the next In seconds, you will grow up."

We are not angels, just ordinary mortals, what we have to do is to try our best to appreciate everything in life, success, failure, love, pain, excitement, friendship, freedom, loneliness, sadness, ... life. This is the meaning, don't run away, don't shirk responsibility, even the most painful thing, you should be thankful, because you have encountered more than others, life is more complete, yours is yours, can not be replaced, face and accept ,Stick to it. No one's life is complete, no one can experience everything, try your best, do your best, not for others, we don't live for others, take a book to record everything that happens around you, even the smallest. Yes, taste it carefully, and finally you will find that the meaning of life lies in this.

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Wings of Desire quotes

  • Damiel: Hey, wait! You wanted to tell me more. I want to know. Everything!

    Peter Falk: You need to figure that out for yourself. That's the fun of it.

  • Marion: [inner voice] I couldn't say who I am. I don't have the slightest idea. I have no roots, no story, no country, and I like it that way. I'm here. I'm free. I can imagine anything. Everything's possible. I only have to lift my eyes and once again I become the world. Now, on this very spot, a feeling of happiness that I could keep forever.