Wings of Desire

这是文德斯闯荡美国多年后重回德国开拍的幻想式文艺片，用抒情代替叙事，是最接近诗歌的电影作品，歌颂的对象是柏林。 A little bit of everything can be found on this soundtrack to German director Wim Wenderss 1987 film: theme music, songs from the film, and even some dialogue. Its an eclectic mix, but it hangs together well, instantly evoking the moody, somber texture of Wenderss remarkable story of an angels desire to once again become flesh and blood. Jürgen Kniepers solemn, meditative string compositions dominate the first half of the disc, interspersed with actor Bruno Ganzs reading of the Peter Handke poem "Lied Vom Kindsein (Song of Childhood)"; its a dramatic effect that works here almost as well as it does onscreen over sweeping panoramas of a still-divided Berlin. And even if you havent seen the film, several songs featured prominently in it make this soundtrack an essential listen--namely, Nick Caves relentlessly spooky "The Carny" and Crime and the City Solutions brilliantly droopy "Six Bells Chime." Elsewhere, we get full-length versions of songs heard only (tantalizingly!) in the background in the film, including Tuxedomoons très européen "Some Guys" and Laurie Andersons ethereal "Angel Fragments." Wunderbar! --Steve Landau