Talk:Wings of Desire

message: The article was just edited to read "...the movie before then [near the end] is filmed in a sepia tinted monochrome, except for brief moments when Damiel is watching Marion."  I remember other parts that were color.  Wasn't it in color anytime it wasn't an angel's POV?  (John User:Jwy talk) 05:15, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And confusingly DVDBeaver's grabs from the actual Criterion disc are stark monochrome. This article implies that the sepia tone was an artefact of the film's multi-generational transfer to colour film stock, but it's not authoritative enough to say either way. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 18:55, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Color

message: * 1987/2003 DVD  UPC 2761688745 widescreen 2hrs 8mins
: mostly monochrome, some color; PG-13, Region 1
: original German/English sound, English, French, Spanish sub-titles
: extras - Commentary by Wenders and Falk, making-of, deleted scenes
: 69.87.193.125 15:42, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Editions

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 08:24, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: I tried to add to the "reception" section to include a less glowing review of the movie from the New York Times, but for some reason my addition was lost when I submitted it (just took me to a blank version of the edit window; I suspect a recent upgrade to by browser is causing problems). Anyway, if someone wants to add the info, you can find the full text of the 1988 Janet Maslin review on Google Books which calls the film his most ambitious yet, but "damagingly overloaded" with "a relentlessness to the direction" that turns the "film's fundamental airiness ... very heavy indeed." -Miskaton (talk) 04:23, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  NYT Review 

message: The article translates "Der Himmel über Berlin" as "The Sky over Berlin", but equally accurate translations would be "The Heaven Over Berlin", "Heaven Over Berlin" or "The Heavens Over Berlin".  Given that the word "Himmel" has a double-meaning in German (sky/paradise) and the word Heaven(s) has exactly the same double-meaning in English - whereas "Sky" has only a single meaning - and also given the subject matter (angels), it seems that "Heaven(s)" might be a better translation.  Has "Sky" been used because the director has indicated that this was his intention, rather than "Heaven"?   86.7.30.217 (talk) 10:24, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The Sky Over Berlin is almost uniformly used in English translation, and quick Google of both translation reflect this fact - so, at least, we should use both and include them into lede, in the first sentence, where literal translation template is used.--౪ Santa ౪99° 18:31, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation of "Der Himmel über Berlin" 

message: This article is in the Category "French Films" and part of "WikiProject France" - other than one French-German actress, what's French about it?   86.7.30.217 (talk) 11:34, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: One of the two producers was Anatole Dauman, and the lead section calls it a "French and German co-production". Also, French is listed as one of the languages in the sidebar, but along with many others, so I'm not sure what the significance of that is. The German article is less generous; listing German, English and French as the "original languages". English probably refers to Peter Falk's dialogues, but I'm not sure what French refers to. — Sebastian 23:54, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

text: The Wikipedia article for the film, and this page both list "Argos Films" as one of the producing companies. fr:Argos_Films appears to be a French company. The Cinematographer, Henri_Alekan, was also French. Johanvz (talk) 12:43, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  French Connection? 

message: The article currently lists German, English, French, Turkish, Hebrew, and Spanish as its languages and sorts itself in the corresponding categories. What's the significance of that? — Sebastian 23:58, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Languages 

message: This Guardian Article (2022) gives a very good impression of the reception of the film, up to date. The reason seems be the restoration of the film. 
--Ai24 (talk) 23:38, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restauration & Reception in the Anglophone World