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HanWay Films
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Wings of Desire is one of cinema’s loveliest city symphonies. Bruno Ganz is Damiel, an angel perched atop buildings high over Berlin who can hear the thoughts—fears, hopes, dreams—of all the people living below. But when he falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist, he is willing to give up his immortality and come back to earth to be with her. Made not long before the fall of the Berlin wall, this stunning tapestry of sounds and images, shot in black and white and color by the legendary Henri Alekan, is movie poetry. And it forever made the name Wim Wenders synonymous with film art.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Discs:
DVD-9 (2 Discs)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
German Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Documentary, Television Program, Interview, Deleted Scenes, Film Excerpt, Gallery, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet
- Audio commentary featuring Wim Wenders and actor Peter Falk
- The Angels Among Us (2003), a documentary featuring interviews with Wim Wenders, Peter Falk, actors Bruno Ganz and Otto Sander, writer Peter Handke, and composer Jürgen Knieper
- “Wim Wenders Berlin Jan. 87,” an episode of the French television program Cinéma cinémas, including on-set footage
- Interview with director of photography Henri Alekan
- Deleted scenes and outtakes
- Excerpts from the films Alekan la lumière (1985) and Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois (1982)
- Notes and photos by art directors Heidi Lüdi and Toni Lüdi
- Trailers
- A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Michael Atkinson and writings by Peter Handke and Wim Wenders
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Release Credits
Producer: Susan Arosteguy
Artwork: Michael Boland
Restoration Information
Wings of Desire
Restoration by:
The Criterion Collection
Year: 2008
Scanned at: 2K Digital
Restored at: High-Definition Digital
Sources:
35mm Interpositive
Release Notes on Restoration
Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire is presented in the filmmaker’s preferred aspect ratio of 1.66:1. On standard 4:3 televisions, the image will appear letterboxed. On standard and widescreen televisions, black bars may also be visible on the left and right to maintain the proper screen format. Supervised and approved by director Wim Wenders, this new high-definition digital transfer was created from a 35mm interpositive and a 35mm internegative scanned in 4:4:4 24P resolution on a Spirit Datacine. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter, and flicker were removed manually using MTI’s DRS system and Pixel Farm’s PFClean system, while Digital Vision’s DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain, and noise reduction.
The soundtrack for Wings of Desire was originally created in an LTRT stereo format. The soundtrack for this release is presented in a multichannel format. Supervised and approved by the director, it was remastered and remixed at 24-bit from the original 35mm stems. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD.
The soundtrack for Wings of Desire was originally created in an LTRT stereo format. The soundtrack for this release is presented in a multichannel format. Supervised and approved by the director, it was remastered and remixed at 24-bit from the original 35mm stems. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD.