Wings of Desire- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

From Wings of Desire 1987.
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IMDB: "An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal."
I thought I would share this as I very much enjoy this film. This clip belongs to Wim Wenders, Road Movies FilmproduktionArgos Film, and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). I do not own this.

[@JupyterMercuryo]

I discovered Nick Cave thanks to this movie. A real turning point in my life.

[@alessandramattei544]

me too!!

[@didierdebail8080]

Same here

[@scottcurrie]

Same here. Exactly.

[@albertoarbasino]

Now you are unemployed and smoke crack. 🤣

[@jamesmoconnell]

Same here.

[@crust8016]

2:02 Perhaps one of my favorite movie moments ever

[@travisr.9789]

me too

[@ShedonistaShamanatrix]

Wings of Desire and Nick Cave...two favorites which speak to a time in my life I remember so well, I long for the beauty and strangeness of those days.

[@hovelfrog]

Europe seemed much farther away back before the Internet. Not sure if that's what you meant.

[@cdagger2862]

The story of us all. The you and the me become the we... And life itself! You can't have a life without a birth. And for every birth, comes a death. And for every death comes a rebirth! LIFA MAGNIFICO!

[@monariver66]

Beauty,strangeness,kindness…

[@a.t.8184]

What a gift this beautiful artfully crafted movie is. It was like I suddenly realized there were deep artistic writers, producers & magic on film, & people out there daring to create it, that I longed for without knowing it. Wings of Desire (in English) and this scene with Nick Cave especially though reached right into me. Said there you are.

[@nicolassiraut4318]

Not even a song, that's a painting oozing colorful darkness, despair, desertion, life itself. Masterpiece!

[@predragkurdulija]

Seen this movie first time in '87 and since it was my absolute favourite, thirsting of angels to come down to share glory and misery of everyday lives of men and women, to understand what they can't as angels. No more spiritual life, no more knowing everything, just to be and feel, to touch, to drink coffee, to say this or that, or not to do anything... to love and to suffer. So beautiful images by legendary cinematographer Henry Alecan and music by Cave, Tuxedomoon, Minimal Compact and incredible script byPeter Handke, the most wonderful poetry of human existence. And I've seen it last night in cinematheque in my hometown Belgrade, and strolling away deeply emotional and puzzled, thinking about my life, about Wenders and magical monologues written by Handke, at one point I turn my head right and saw... in a hotel garden it was Peter Handke sitting by the table.. I couldn't believe. I stood and stared, seeing him for a first and the only time in my life, my favourite poet, he was there, just in front of me... and I've stepped in a garden and came to him and asked.. excuse me, are you Peter Handke, and he looked at my and said.. yes. after a moment to grasp breath I started to tell to him about movie, how much it means, how much it always meant to me, and he asked... you watched it right now? Yes, I said, just came out from theatre thinking of you... he smiled, and while I was telling him about his angels and a poem of a child: When the child was a child, It was the time for these questions:Why am I me, and why not you? Why am I here, and why not there..? and he said that he should see it again, speaking when Bruno Ganz becomes a man and tastes his blood.. he remembered that first... so we talked a while about movie and some of his novels, it didn't take long, I didn't want to bother... well, seeing favourite movie of my life and half an hour latter to come across and talk to a poet who wrote it... it was quite a night.

[@francoissalemi4895]

Predrag Kurdulija WE MUST TALK TOGETHER

[@InformarcaoUniverseHome]

What interesting experience man, you did... this opus (wings...) took me to think quite about my existence since i watched it until now...its because there were such syntony between me and what the author wanted to tell... and in your case it was wonderful... congratulations!

[@majortom2688]

Minimal compact "when i go" still moves me.

[@dougroux5087]

I prefer post-drag kurdujilla

[@granthurlburt4062]

Handke's short story "The Anxiety of the Goalkeeper at the Penalty Kick" is one of the top 5 short stories I've ever read. He captures what it is to be a living human being. Only a tiny amount of what I read or see on TV or in movies does this. Similar to the scene where Peter Falk shows the angel Bruno the wonder and uniqueness of how he as a mortal human being can make a mark on a piece of paper. All of us unconciously know this but it takes an artist to bring it to our conciousness.

[@TheManInTheLongBlackCoat]

Today Bruno Ganz went back to the afterlife.

[@anmnou]

Oww, RIP dear man.

[@TheBestCommenterEVER]

He once again became an angel!

[@cdagger2862]

@@TheBestCommenterEVER indeed...

[@e5095]

I was a huge Einstürzende Neubauten fan when this film came out and I’m pretty sure it turned me on to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. If you ever have a chance to see them live, even though Blixa no longer plays with them, jump at it!

[@sallyduros]

I saw them live in the 80s her in Chicago - yes!

[@Le67Ka]

My holiday squeeze Martin from Wuppertal 1985 ❤️ is in the audience here, I never saw him again other than in this scene, watching in a cinema in 1987! I loved the film then and still do now, rewatched it again now, 2022! And Nick Cave is brilliant 💯

[@davidmcfaul7595]

This scene totally nails the spiritual quality of being at a show

[@Onion_Smoothie]

Seeing Nick Cave live (6 times now) is the closest I get to going to church.

[@langstongrandma]

God, how I love this movie. And this video.

[@langstongrandma]

And 3 years later, I still do.

[@InformarcaoUniverseHome]

M(e)e too!

[@carolinagonzalez8270]

I love Nick Cave AND this movie.

[@gatita8397]

Revolución interior! Tanto la peli como Nick...muy movilizadores!!!

[@csillasch9712]

Der Himmel über Berlin, one of my favourite films. Peter Handke's script is simply wonderful. A tale about Europe's most amazing capital, still divided by the Wall at that time. West Berlin was a tiny island of artistic freedom, which, nevertheless, often felt like a prison...

[@azynkron]

A beautiful movie. One of those that gives you alot afterwards as well. Definitely on my top 20 list.

[@melbain6108]

BadTrip top 10, if not top 5

[@dissidentfairy4264]

My favorite scene in a film ever! ❤🧚‍♀✨

[@alecallew]

Cant believe I lived the exact moment in a concert at Barcelona. Was so close I started crying.

[@idiotwhoedits3522]

I love all the goths in the audience

[@TruNordics14]

r.i.p. Solveig Dommartin. this performance - definitive beautiful muse.

[@cdagger2862]

With humility and gratitude... Our love precious angel.

[@diyfreediver]

Oh, no! I didn’t know she passed away. She will be missed.

[@christopherecatalano]

This music is timeless, just like the movie it is in...Brilliant.

[@JoshGlid]

This reminds me of such a specific time in my life.

[@nolaughingmatter]

“...Preparing kids for that desperate, 3am, no-sleep-for-a-week, Nick Cave murder song life that we’re all headed for.” - Patton Oswalt

[@PolarBear-rc4ks]

What's that from?

[@nolaughingmatter]

@young machines She OD'ed and had a heart condition.

[@nolaughingmatter]

Patton Oswalt's stand up "I Love Everything"@@PolarBear-rc4ks

[@davidglow3]

One of cinema history's most gorgeous, enigmatic women..Saw this film in 1987 and again 27/06/2022..Just as mesmeric as 35 years ago

[@alexandrabinkowski]

A big fave, for the movie and for Nick Cave's stage performance.

[@sleepingtiger4436]

love how the sound is different as he moves from room to room...

[@christopherecatalano]

It is such a great audio capture. One of the best I have ever heard of such a live performance.

[@jude999]

And magic in a theater.

[@braincell500]

Two haunting songs in a haunting film!

[@fetiselmani6231]

One of the most antologic movie scene ever!

[@alexmegaris1109]

the most legendary scene of 7th art

[@olga70able]

Ce film est d’une beautés incomensurable.

[@monariver66]

Le film est de 1987 et je l’ai vu 3 x au cinéma; ce passage est excellent !

[@aejlindvall]

So stange. Watched this film maybe 6-8 years ago and LOVED it. But haven't rewatched it. But I had no memory what so every of this scen, and I love Nick Cave, so how can I have forgotten it? Very odd.

[@JoeDeanPedro]

Emma Lindvall Your mind was probably filled with what had gone just before this in the film, and was still ruminating on that. I had to see this film several times at that time to absorb it all. If I even did get it all.

[@aejlindvall]

***** Yeah, it's an intense film but with a great slow build!

[@MsRedbelly]

Yes, I am the same. I think it is true, we were transported by the film into another dimension, I forgot this scene too.

[@andyacker991]

Each frame of every scene is a masterpiece.

[@andyacker991]

Each frame of every scene is a masterpiece.

[@karenmerritt3552]

OMG i just watch this movie tonight on SBS World movies, i love NICK CAVE and Love this movie.

[@antea8985]

'i'm not gonna tell you about a girl i'm not gonna tell you about a girl' i'm gonna tell you about a girl like sir is there something you want to share with the class

[@joycesweeting8876]

Never heard of this song nor the movie I like the song....

[@johndarc8674]

perfect show and a perfect movie

[@artcflowers]

Thanks for the upload.

[@jackal59]

Filmed by Henri Alekan, the cinematographer for Jean Cocteau's _La Belle et la Bête_ ( _Beauty and the Beast_ ). From Roger Ebert's 4-star review: "When the angel follows the trapeze artist into a rock club, [the movie] doesn’t fall into faster cutting rhythms; it remains detached. The critic Bryant Frazer observes that Cassiel, the other angel, 'leans against the wall and closes his eyes, and the stage lights cast three different shadows off his body, alternating and shifting position ... as though we’re watching Cassiel’s very essence fragmenting before our eyes.'"

[@e5095]

I only noticed/realized earlier this week that the carny is called Circus Alekan (while watching the documentary)!

[@bernardobringas7079]

BRUNO GANZ...forever...el cielo sobre berlin

[@EsromFF]

This is SO great.....andtherainithammereddown

[@majortom2688]

Made me in love with Berlin...

[@endlesspoetry5411]

Loved the chandeliers..

[@johnnykarlitch]

... a poeticocinematic experience ...

[@BEHEDETY]

Der Himmel über Berlin Bruno Ganz love

[@bladome]

From the other side Bruno takes care of our Nick Cave

[@Meehowski]

Epic....

[@jude999]

I wonder if other songs were filmed from this performance? I would love to see this performance on the big screen again. What a perfect venue.

[@CharismaticMegafauna]

Unfortunately I think it was staged for the purpose of the film, but it's rare to see a narrative film capture the feeling of a Bad Seeds show so authentically! Wim Wenders really nailed the atmosphere this music transports you to.

[@majortom2688]

Watch this film and love Berlin and rock

[@robertjohnson7370]

way to go blixa

[@FedericoIrisOsmoTinelli]

Wenders, with Alice..., had already begun to try to return an image to (his) fascination for live music but probably later realized that filming his protagonist at a "real" concert was too limited and that it was necessary "to make cinema" to return the emotion that he/we felt in front of a musician ... [lynch in the last series replicates this scene several times]

[@user-eh8yj4gm7b]

Η αγαπημένη μου ταινία. τυχαίο????

[@MOUBARRET]

👁El ojo

[@jakenicol4012]

The best scene in the film, really requires a cinema soundsystem for maximum effect however

[@ChristianDeathInJune]

Bruno Ganz :-(

[@josefk.122]

Fantastic film, but this Bad Seeds album (Stranger than Kindness) is a gateway drug

[@mickmangles8000]

I miss 80s big arse hair ...

[@paulmulcahy4187]

Ahh Berlin the eternal city!!

[@jACEk_kWINTa]

freakmet o aniolach

[@thomasbernecky2078]

A scary scene in the beginning, so must be East Berlin? but he meets his love and gets to hear The Bad Seeds, so hey, alles gut?

[@fingereti]

Does anybody know if this venue is the legendary SO36 or not?

[@e5095]

So that’s a “no”. It’s not the SO36 club.

[@alfredoromero6068]

what is the name of this song??

[@stevespencer7403]

the second song is "from her to eternity".

[@oliverharper7411]

The first song is "The Carny" and the second is "From Her to Eternity"

[@lucylovic]

Love Nick up until Birthday Party only. . Good for him. Still great.

[@ojopipa]

prime video's film is different!!! why??

[@silje0568]

I have to do a project of this movie, and one section is about the music of Nick Cave, but Idon't find any information... Can someone who knows explain me why they chose this music and give me as much information about the music as possible.

[@PolarBear-rc4ks]

Well the second song seems quite an obvious fit, a song about someone obsessed with a girl- this angel seems to be following this lady round- not that difficult to connect!

[@granthurlburt4062]

The purpose of your assignment is to find this out for yourself and learn how to find things out for yourself and what the process of such literature searches is. A tiny percentage of people out of 7 billion have the time and opportunity to devote yourself to learning, and to get to know this movie, and being instructed by a professor who knows about this.

[@granthurlburt4062]

You can also think for yourself. Learn about Nick Cave and learn about the movie and Wim Wenders. I am sure your prof. would like to read your ideas and wants to you to use your mind and feelings. Enjoy it! It can be hard to believe you're allowed to come up with your own thoughts after a lifetime of education where you're expected to repeat wht others think. Ask your prof whether they want your own thoughts and ideas!

[@Suryabeep]

Is that Jim Jarmusch at 3:20?

[@violet7991]

No. Same hairstyle, different faces

[@teresagomes6491]

Hitler goes to a Nick Cave show. Interesting.

[@aldonarimkeviciene8985]

does anyone knows the location?

[@harryyellow]

Esplanade

[@PolarBear-rc4ks]

Someone mentioned that it no longer stands... A shame

[@ObsidianTeen]

"This desire to possess her is a wound." -Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds It only takes one word to refute Catholicism and Orthodoxy: desire. All our voluntary actions are based on what we desire to do. One cannot 'choose' one's desires, and even if one could, they'd arise from nothingness or from what one desires to desire. What one desires to desire would arise from darkness or from what one desires to desire to desire. One's third-order desire would be random or based on what one desires to desire to desire to desire. There is no free will, there is no moral responsibility, and hence no reason for punishment. Atheism is true. You're welcome. No one has refuted this argument, and they never will.

[@cdagger2862]

I am desire... from the æther, "no word has ever touched! No one may comprehend!" I am §≽∞

[@badmen1550]

Truth is subjective

[@rosafiammante5027]

What if I desire not to desire a certain amount of possibile desires I couldn't care less about, but are regarded as desirable by a large part of the desiring community?

[@lucylovic]

Cannot be bothered watching it. 😴 It won many awards. Dommartin died young. Age 45. 2007. Lovely French woman.