Wim Wenders doesn't get younger, which is not a surprise, of course, and so his Art reflects that.
It is slower, more contemplative movie compared to some of his previous work, yet it still has some of that cheerful intellectual vigor and sometimes goofiness, that I associate with his movies. 🙂
...the dream-sequences (no spoilers) remind me of the classics (even 1st half of 20th century)...or later, say, Cocteau's Orpheus w/ Jean Marais...but also a bit Tarkovsky (say, Ivan's Childhood)...
So those are really cool inserts...and totally fit with the rest, which (and this is my point) really powerfully communicates how it is to live.
Just to live, to exist.
~like Kurosawa's Ikiru v2.0 😄 ...
To wonder about life, being alone, watching shadows and reflections passing by, and sunlight playing w/ leaves of trees rustling in the wind, as time slowly and steadily flows...to the Ocean...
This wonder is captured very well in this movie, and it could be profoundly impactful for some viewers (as it was to me).
Amazingly edited (throughout), and acting is...out of this world, sometimes (esp. Lead character). So if viewer has the patience and openness, then it can really pull them in == surprisingly immersive, given the meticulous, highly skilled realization.
...but again, it is a slow and subtle and indirect movie, wise, and laconic. Wenders is not getting younger...yet I hope he can still make many-many more... 🙂
Really great exception amidst all the mainstream eye-candy. 🙂
It is slower, more contemplative movie compared to some of his previous work, yet it still has some of that cheerful intellectual vigor and sometimes goofiness, that I associate with his movies. 🙂
...the dream-sequences (no spoilers) remind me of the classics (even 1st half of 20th century)...or later, say, Cocteau's Orpheus w/ Jean Marais...but also a bit Tarkovsky (say, Ivan's Childhood)...
So those are really cool inserts...and totally fit with the rest, which (and this is my point) really powerfully communicates how it is to live.
Just to live, to exist.
~like Kurosawa's Ikiru v2.0 😄 ...
To wonder about life, being alone, watching shadows and reflections passing by, and sunlight playing w/ leaves of trees rustling in the wind, as time slowly and steadily flows...to the Ocean...
This wonder is captured very well in this movie, and it could be profoundly impactful for some viewers (as it was to me).
Amazingly edited (throughout), and acting is...out of this world, sometimes (esp. Lead character). So if viewer has the patience and openness, then it can really pull them in == surprisingly immersive, given the meticulous, highly skilled realization.
...but again, it is a slow and subtle and indirect movie, wise, and laconic. Wenders is not getting younger...yet I hope he can still make many-many more... 🙂
Really great exception amidst all the mainstream eye-candy. 🙂
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