P.O.V. No.8 - Articles

A Bibliography on Wings of Desire

Richard Raskin


I. The Screenplay of Wings of Desire

Wenders, Wim and Peter Handke. Der Himmel über Berlin. Ein Filmbuch.
Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1992 (5th edition); orig. pub. 1987.
Wenders, Wim and Peter Handke. Les Ailes du désir.
Paris: Jade-Flammarion, 1987; trad. française par Dominique Petit et Bernard Eisenschitz.

II. Wenders's Writings on Wings of Desire     to the top of the page
Wenders, Wim. "An attempted description of an indescribable film"
[1986], in The Logic of Images. London: Faber & Faber, 1991; pp. 73-83.
Wenders, Wim. "Avant-première description d'un film indescriptible/
Preview description of an indescribable film," promotional booklet.
Wenders, Wim. "Le souffle de l'ange," Cahiers du cinéma 400
(October 1987), pp. 54-89.
Wenders, Wim. "Le souffle de l'ange," in The Logic of Images.
London: Faber & Faber, 1991; pp. 89-113.
Wenders, Wim. Emotion Pictures. Reflections on the Cinema.
London: Faber & Faber, 1989; orig. pub. in Germany in 1986.
Wenders, Wim. La Vérité des images. Essais, discours et entretiens.
Paris: L'Arche, 1989; orig. pub. in Germany in 1989 as The Act of Seeing.

III. Wenders's Interviews on Wings of Desire     to the top of the page
Amette, Jacques-Pierre. "La tristesse des anges," Le Point no 783
(21 sept 1987), p. 109.
Andrew, Geoff. "Host of Angels," Time Out (June 22-29, 1988),
pp. 24-25.
Antoccia, Luca. "Il quotidiano della storia nella metafora degli angeli,"
Cinema nuovo (January-February 1988), pp. 5-7.
Antoccia, Luca. "Talking with Angels," Films & Filming 407
(August 1988), pp. 16-18.
Bergala, Alain. "Written in the West," Cahiers du cinéma 400
(October 1987), pp. 93-99.
Ciment, Michel and Hubert Niogret. "Entretien avec Wim Wenders,"
Positif 319 (September 1987), pp. 9-15.
Donovan, Francis. "Wim Wenders. Le cinéma européen existe comme
langage," Cinéma 88 supplément au no 448 (29 June-9 July 1988), pp. 10-15.
Fuller, Graham. "Angel Heart," The Listener (9 June 1988),
pp. 35-36.
Fusco, Coco. "Angels, History and Poetic Fantasy," Cineaste 16,
4 (1988), pp. 14-17.
Guerand, Jean-Philippe. "Wim Wenders - Solveig Dommartin: Feux
croisés dans l'ombre des anges," Première 123 (June 1987),
pp. 89, 177, 179, 181.
Guerand, Jean-Philippe. "Wim dans les villes," Première 126
(1987), pp. 82-87.
Hawker, Philippa. "Wings of Desire," Cinema Papers (September 1987),
pp. 22-23.
Müller, André. "Das Kino könnte der Engel sein,"
Der Spiegel 43 (19 October 1987), pp. 230-238.
Paneth, Ira. "Wim and His Wings," Film Quarterly 42, 1 (Fall 1988),
pp. 2-8.
Parra, Danièle. "Entretien avec Wim Wenders," Revue du cinéma 431
(October 1987), pp. 33-35.
Raskin, Richard. "It's Images You Can Trust Less and Less.
An Interview with Wim Wenders on Wings of Desire," (Pré)publications 145 (October 1994), pp. 23-34.
Shelbert, Dagmar. "Himmlische Komödie mit Berlin-Effekt,"
Film-Echo/Filmwoche 58 (16 October 1987), p. 8.
Wrathall, John. "Divine Intervention," City Limits (June 9-16, 1988), p. 15.

IV. Other interviews or primary literature on Wings of Desire     to the top of the page
Alekan, Henri. Des lumières et des ombres.
Paris: Librairie du Collectionneur, 1991 (nouvelle édition); pp. 268-279.
Colpart, Gilles. "Entretien avec Henri Alekan,"Revue du cinéma
431 (October 1987), pp. 36-38.
Molitor, Stella. "Bruno Ganz: L'homme dans l'ombre,"
Première 122 (May 1987), pp. 138-140.
Raskin, Richard. "Si tant est qu'il existe des anges réels.
Un entretien avec Henri Alekan sur Les ailes du désir et sur l'art de l'image." (Pré)publications 141 (novembre 1993), pp. 41-58.
Raskin, Richard. "Faire vivre les images. Une interview avec
Agnès Godard sur Les ailes du désir ." (Pré)publications 142 (février 1994), pp. 42-56.
Raskin, Richard. "Wenders Invents the Film While Shooting.
An Interview with Bruno Ganz on Wings of Desire," (Pré)publications 146 (novembre 1994), pp. 24-31.
Raskin, Richard. "Voir avec un coeur d'enfant: une interview
avec Solveig Dommartin sur Les Ailes du désir," (Pré)publications 148 (avril 1995), pp. 3-16.

V. Reviews and analyses of Wings of Desire     to the top of the page
Andersen, Jens. "Enøjet engel," Kristeligt Dagblad
20 November 1987.
Antoccia, Luca. "Sotto il cielo di Berlino," Cinema nuovo
(January-February 1988), pp. 8-11.
Baignères, Claude. "Les Terriens vus d'en haut," Le Figaro,
18 May 1987.
Ballérini, Étienne. "Les Ailes du désir," Jeune Cinéma 182
(July-August 1987), p. 24.
Baron, Janine. "Là où la vie tenaille," La Croix,
19 May 1987.
Bassan, Raphaël. "Les ailes du désir," La Revue du cinéma 429
(July-August 1987), p. 39.
Bergson, Phillip. "Back to Berlin," What's On, 22 June 1988,
p. 69.
Besemer, Jan. "Eine Theologie, die ihre Erzähler verliert, hat
sich selbst verloren - Gedanken zu Der Himmel über Berlin und Praktische Theologie, pp. 309-322 in Hinter den Augen ein eigenes Bild. Film und Spiritualität, edited by Michael Kuhn, Johan G. Hahn and Henk Hoekstra. Zürich: Benziger, 1991.
Bossone, Vincent J. "Wim Wenders angel fantasy explores the
human condition," Cinéfantastique 19, 1/2 (January 1989), p. 110.
Boujut, Michel. "Les ailes du désir à Angel City - nous sommes
tous des anges allemands," Pariscope, 16 September 1987.
Boujut, Michel. "Wenders sur les ailes d'un ange," L'Événement
du jeudi, 17-23 September 1987.
Boujut, Michel. "Promenade avec Wim Wenders, dans Berlin et
sa mémoire," L'Événement du jeudi, 17-23 September 1987, pp. 92-94.
Boujut, Michel. "Un ange passe," pp. 167-179 in Wim Wenders.
Un voyage dans ses films. Paris: Flammarion, 1989.
Braudeau, Michel. "Un ange amoureux," Le Monde
19 May 1987.
Budtz, Paul-Jørgen. "To engle i Berlin," Extra Bladet,
22 November 1987.
C., A. "Etat de grace," Le Quotidien de Paris,
8 August 1992.
Caldwell, David and Paul W. Rea. "Handke's and Wenders's
Wings of Desire: Transcending Postmodernism," The German Quarterly 64, 1 (1991), pp. 46-54.
Calum, Per. "Engle i Berlin," Morgenavisn/Jyllands Posten
17 January 1992.
Cardullo, Bert. "Artists as Children," Hudson Review 41, 3
(Autumn 1988), pp. 519-526.
Chagollan, Steve. "Wings of Desire," The Hollywood Reporter,
10 May 1988.
Chazal, Robert. "Dans le ciel de Berlin," France Soir
18 May 1987.
Chazal, Robert. "Des anges sur Berlin," France Soir
17 September 1987.
Cook, Roger. "Angels, Fiction and History in Berlin: Wim
Wenders' Wings of Desire," The Germanic Review 66, 1 (Winter 1991), pp. 34-47. Reprinted on pp. 163-190 in The Cinema of Wim Wenders. Image, Narrative and the Postmodern Condition. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1997, edited by Roger F. Cook and Gerd Gemünden.
Coppermann, Annie. "Les ailes du désir," Les Echos
17 September 1987.
Corliss, Richard. "The Angel Who Fell to Earth," Time
(May 9, 1988).
Curchod, Olivier. "L'ange ou la mouche? sur Les ailes du désir,"
Positif 319 (September 1987), pp. 2-4.
Damgaard, Mogens. "Hopla, vi lever!" Fyens Stiftstidende
21 November 1987.
Daney, Serge. "Wenders aux anges," Libération
18 September 1987.
Domecq, Jean-Philippe. "L'Europe vue d'ici - sur Les ailes du
désir," Positif 319 (September 1987), pp. 7-8.
Douin, Jean-Luc. "Berlin à ciel ouvert," Télérama 1966
(16 September 1987), pp. 22-23.
Driscoll, Rob. "Dazzle loses its shine in a flimsy yarn,"
Western Mail, 13 August 1988, p. 11.
Forestier, François. "Cannes: l'ange et les étoiles,"
L'Express (15-21 May 1987), pp. 119-120.
Forestier, François. "Un ange passe," L'Express
(18-24 September 1987), pp. 121-122, 125.
French, Philip. "Fallen angels," Observer 26 June 1988,
p. 41.
Gaspéri, Anne de. "Un ange passe," Le Quotidien de Paris,
18 May 1987.
Gaspéri, Anne de. "L'ange amoureux," Le Quotidien de Paris,
16 September 1987.
Gaspéri, Anne de. "Wenders déploie ses ailes," Le Quotidien de Paris,
21 September 1987.
Godard, Colette. "Celui qui restait au ciel," Le Monde
19 May 1987.
Green, Peter. "Wings of Desire," Sight & Sound 57, 2
(Spring 1988), pp. 126-130.
Greve, Paul. "Svimlende poesie," Aarhuus Stiftstidende 15 March 1988.
Grousset, Jean-Paul "Les ailes du désir. (Deux anges passent),"
Le Canard enchaîné, 16 September 1987.
Harvey, David. The Condition of Postmodernity. An Enquiry
into the Origins of Cultural Change. Oxford: Blackwell, 1989; esp. pp. 308-323.
Helmetag, Charles H. "Of Men and of Angels. Literary
Allusions in Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire," Literature/Film Quarterly 18/4 (1990), pp. 251-254.
Hen-j. "Wenders engleflugt over Berlin," Information
20 November 1987.
Hoberman, J. "Earth Angel," Village Voice, 3 May 1988,
pp. 61, 70.
Høgsbro, Helle. "Mennesket er sjovere," Land og Folk
20 November 1987.
Iversen, Ebbe. "Når engle elsker," Berlingske Tidende
20 November 1987.
Jaehne, Karen. "Angel Eyes - Wenders Soars," Film Comment 24,
3 (June 1988), pp. 18-20.
Kael, Pauline. "Zone Poem," New Yorker, 30 May 1988,
pp. 77-79.
Kolker, Robert Phillip and Peter Beicken. The Films of Wim
Wenders. Cinema as Vision and Desire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993; esp. pp. 138-160.
Koppold, Rupert. "Der Himmel über Berlin,"
Film-Echo/Filmwoche 61 (30 October 1987), p. 13.
Lajouanie, Jean-Charles. "Les ailes du désir," L'Express
(25 September-1 October 1987).
Larsen, Jan Kornum. "Englene og Muren," Weekendavisen
20 November 1987.
Lefort, Gérard. "Wim Wenders, son désir d'ailes," Libération
(18 May 1987).
Le Foulon, Marie Laure. "Le rêve de Wenders," Télérama 2228
(23 September 1992), pp. 88-89.
Lundgren, Henrik. "Billed-poesi," Politiken 20
November 1987.
Lundgren, Henrik. "Bruno Ganz - hvem ellers kunne spille
historiens engel?" Kosmorama 182 (Winter 1987), pp. 16-17.
Macia, Jean-Luc. "Il est aux anges," "La chanson de Solveig,"
L'Humanité, 23 September 1987, p. 17-18.
Maslin, Janet. "The Rage of Angels," New York Times,
29 April 1988, p. C15.
Mayne, Richard. "Love under the Wall," Sunday Telegraph,
26 June 1988, p. 19.
Malcolm, Derek. "Angel delights," Guardian,
23 June 1988.
Mantel, Hilary. "Fallen angels," Spectator 2July 1988,
pp. 30-32.
Masson, Alain. "Conversion à la vie," Positif 319
(September 1987), pp. 5-6.
Molitor, Stella. "Au-delà du bien et du mal," Première 123
(June 1987), p. 88.
Molitor, Stella. "Les ailes du désir," Première 126
(September 1987).
Monty, Ib. "Et billeddigt om berlinerne set med engleøjne,"
Morgenavisen/Jyllands Posten, 21 November 1987.
Murry, Angus Wolf. "City where angels dare to tread,"
Scotsman, 27 June 1988.
Nave, B. et al. "Wim Wenders à plusieurs voix," Jeune Cinéma
184 (November-December 1987), pp. 36-41.
Niogret, Hubert. "Les ailes du désir," Positif 317-318
(juillet-août 1987), p. 70.
Nissen, Dan. "Film - så englene synger," Levende Billeder
(December 1987), III, 9, pp. 10-12.
P., M. "Les ailes du désir," Le Point,
4 August 1987.
Perry, George. "Angel who came in from the cold,"
Sunday Times, 26 June 1988.
Philippon, Alain. "Retour amont," Cahiers du cinéma 400
(October 1987), pp. 5-7.
Plater, Edward M. V. "The Storyteller in Wim Wenders's Wings
of Desire," Post Script 12, 1 (Fall 1992), pp. 13-25.
Rabaudy, Martine de. "Peter Falk n'est plus un ange,"
Télé 7 jours (21 September 1987).
Raskin, Richard. "What is Peter Falk Doing in Wenders's
Wings of Desire?" pp. 115-120 in Nordisk Film Forskning 1975-1995. En bibliografi & 10 essays in anledning af filmens 100 år, ed. Peder Grøngaard. Aarhus: Nordisk Dokumentationscentral for Massekommunikationsforskning, 1995.
Raskin, Richard. "Camera Movement in Wings of Desire,"
p.o.v. - A Danish Journal of Film Studies 4 (December 1997), pp. 79-100.
Rayns, Tony. "Der Himmel über Berlin," Monthly Film Bulletin
55, 654 (10 July 1988), pp. 203-205.
Rouchy, Marie-Elisabeth. "Otto Sander, glorieux inconnu,"
Le Matin, 16 May 1987.
Sabouraud, Frédéric. "Lorsque l'ange atterrit," Cahiers du
cinéma 397 (June 1987), p. 8.
Salomonsen, Steen. "Tingenes tilstand - filmens bevægelse,"
pp. 225-242 in Stil på strimler - om moderne film, edited by Lone Erritzøe (Amanda, 1992).
Schumacher, Kim. "Herfra til evigheden," Politiken
20 November 1987.
Seidel, Hans Dieter. "Wings of Desire," Kultur Chronik
(April 1987), p. 29.
Seidenberg, Robert. "The Man Who Fell to Earth," American
Film 13, 8 (June 1988), pp. 28-32.
Simon, John. "Clipped Wings," National Review, 10 June 1988,
pp. 52-55.
Sterritt, David. "West German director lets his optimism take
wing," Christian Science Monitor 3 June 1988, p. 21.
Stormgaard, Uffe. "Luftigt," Det fri Aktuelt
20 November 1987.
Strat. "Der Himmel über Berlin," Variety, 20 May 1987,
p. 24.
Svensen, Erik. "Histories engel," Kosmorama 182
(Winter 1987), pp. 14-15.
Tranchant, Marie-Noëlle. "Berlin des anges," Le Figaro,
19 September 1987.
Troelsen, Anders. "Berlin: billede og betydning. Byen
koreograferet, filmet og fortolket," in Berlin (Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 1993), pp. 107-137.
Van den Berk, Tjeu. "Kein sterbliches Kind wurde gezeugt -
Auf der Suche nach dem "Kind" in Film Der Himmel über Berlin," pp. 323-343 in Hinter den Augen ein eigenes Bild. Film und Spiritualität, edited by Michael Kuhn, Johan G. Hahn and Henk Hoekstra. Zürich: Benziger, 1991.
Vila, Xavier and Alice Kuzniar. "Witnessing Narration in
Wings of Desire," Film Criticism 16, 3 (1992), pp. 53-65.
W., M. "Les ailes du désir," Cinéma 87 400 (22 May-2 June 1987),
p. 2.
Walters, Margaret. "Berlin Airlifts," The Listener, 23 June 1988,
p. 39.
Winkler-Bessone, Claude. Les Films de Wim Wenders.
La nouvelle naissance des images. Berne: Peter Lang, 1992.


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