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Influence on Wenders' 'Wings of Desire'?

posted 17 years ago by jpgr69
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Last night I saw Fellini's "Roma" for the first time. WOW is all I can say. But my point is, I couldn't help but think, after viewing it, that Wenders was under the influence of this film when embarking upon "Wings of Desire". A love letter to a beloved city, in all its beauty and depravity.The eternal and the corporeal. And specifically, the long traffic jam scene... there was even one image in particular, a man driving with a big black dog in the back, that seems duplicated in Wenders' traffic scene.
Anyone who has seen both films know what I'm talking about? Did Wenders ever mention it?

[–] guidofellini 17 years ago

"Did Wenders ever mention it?"

I don't know if he did. But when I saw Wings of desire, I immediately thought about Fellini.

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[–] rosabelverde_1127 17 years ago

> I don't know if he did. But when I saw Wings of desire, I immediately thought about Fellini.

Strange, I didn't at all. The idea never occurred to me prior to reading this thread, and I'll give it some further thought, but right now I fail to see any similarity.

I, on the other hand, found myself reminded of "Roma" when watching Woody Allen's "Manhattan".

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[–] guidofellini 17 years ago

rosabelverde 1127 said : I, on the other hand, found myself reminded of "Roma" when watching Woody Allen's "Manhattan".

Absolutely right !

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- When you close your eyes and make a wish, God is the one who doesn't care about.

[–] sr_wolfrider 17 years ago

Great minds think alike. Yes, Wenders, whether he admits it or not, must have been influenced by Roma.

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[–] Kinematico 17 years ago

I didn't think on "Wings of Desire" while watching "Roma" but now that you mention it indeed there is some common ground among both pictures.

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[–] filmfancritic 15 years ago

I thought more of its possible influence on Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" and the masked ball scene.

[–] Just_Another_Film_Buff 15 years ago

Adding to it, I thought this heavily inspired Woody's Radio Days. Even the sequence during the air raid is repeated...

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