Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire ), directed by Wim Wenders, 1987, shown in the section Berlinale Classics.

“Not to find one’s way around a city does not mean much. But to lose one’s way in a city, as one loses one’s way in a forest, requires some schooling. Street names must speak to the urban wanderer like the snapping of dry twigs, and little streets in the heart of the city must reflect the times of day, for him, as clearly as a mountain valley.” *

At many occasions in this film you will find the way of shooting the scenes from “Bird’s-eye view” perspective. But what makes these shots unique that the bird/viewer had prior knowledge with the timeline of humans, streets, buildings and so on. And that perspective strongly supported by the smoothness of the sliding shots which made these scenes look like a suspended life, for souls did not found a place at the reality/city so they will share the sky with the angels. Weiterlesen „My Balcony for Berlin“ →