Hulton Archive. A young woman lighting a cigarette as she sits on a park bench at night. New York City. 1957.

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Cate Blanchett by Robin Sellick, 1994

Norman Jewison directing MOONSTRUCK (1987)

Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) 1987

“Must I give up now? If I do give up, then mankind will lose its storyteller. And if mankind once loses its storyteller, then it will lose its childhood.”

What would it be like to look down on the world, to be able to read minds and to encourage people with an invisible pat on the shoulder? In short, what would it be like to be an angel? This is an interesting question. However, in Der Himmel Über Berlin the main role is played by two angels, who wonder what it would be like to be human, even for a day.

Although they are omniscient as angels - they can read the minds of anyone near them - and immortal, they do not seem entirely happy. Damiel, played by Bruno Ganz, longs to roam the city as a human being, to drink a cup of coffee, to go to the hairdresser, to be able to talk to others. 

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WINGS OF DESIRE (1987) dir. Wim Wenders

Film History: Pre-code films

The pre-code era represented a radical change in the role of women in cinema. Undoubtedly, the new female protagonism was not attributable to a sudden interest in the figure of women in society, nor by the search for equality, not even by a current of socio-cultural thought that sought renewal, in this regard , of the American arts. 

The studios simply used women to find enough sensationalism, morbidity and scandal to bring more audiences to theaters. It is evident that, despite the fact that economic gain was sought more than artistic quality, the end result was that many actresses became real movie stars, gaining a prominence, in many cases, greater than that given to male roles , and even, as we will see later, an actress even saved a major studio from bankruptcy.

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I think if you’ve logged a movie enough times in your Letterboxd diary they should give you the director’s email.

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