ANGELS AMONG US

The least sentimental and most beautiful movie about angels ever made, Wim Wenders’s Wings of Desire arrives in Criterion DVD and Blu-ray special editions just in time for the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Filmed in a shimmering yet realistic cold-war Berlin only a few years before that momentous event, Wenders’s ode to a troubled city takes a fanciful look at the afterlife, narrated by a gloomy guardian angel: Bruno Ganz’s Damiel, who must choose whether to give up his immortality when he falls in love with a very human trapeze artist. With its wistful, collagelike impressions of urban life and its pristine, ethereal cinematography (plus Peter Falk!), Wings of Desire is an unforgettable experience. Take it from these just-in reviews: Says DVD Talk,“Wings of Desire is the work of an artist who can see a better world on the horizon and is using his art to reach out for it ... This is one of those movies that belongs in every home.” And according to Film.com’s Amanda Mae Meyncke, “The wholly perfect release from Criterion leaves nothing to be desired.”

This stunning original trailer for Wings of Desire lets you glide over Wenders’s images, from black and white to color and back again.