Egyptian Theatre (Venue Partner)
6712 Hollywood Blvd
323.466.3456
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Wings of Desire
- When
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Saturday Feb 13, 2010 (7:30–10:30pm)
- Where
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Directions: The Egyptian Theatre is just east of Highland Avenue between Las Palmas Avenue and McCadden Place. Metro Stop: Hollywood & Highland
- Price
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$11 general admission, $9 student/senior, $7 Cinematheque Member
- Links
WINGS OF DESIRE, 1987, Janus Films, 127 min. Wim Wenders’ most fully-realized cinematic vision follows Damiel (Bruno Ganz), an angel having pangs of longing as he observes the lives of mere mortals in Berlin, specifically the beautiful, ethereal trapeze artist, Marion (Solveig Dommartin). Peter Falk essentially plays himself, a philosophical film and TV star (often addressed as "Columbo" by other characters!), who is making a movie in Germany and is one of the few people who can sense the presence of the invisible celestial spirits. An achingly beautiful and poetic meditation on life and what it means to be a human being. WINGS OF DESIRE won the 1987 Best Director award at Cannes. In German with English subtitles.
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, 1990, 20th Century Fox, 105 min. Director Tim Burton’s wondrous modern fairy tale – his most heartbreaking and inventive film – stars Johnny Depp as the boy with sharp blades where his fingers should be, courtesy of inventor father Vincent Price (in his final film role). Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest and Alan Arkin are the suburbanites who fall under Edward’s spell in this utterly original Burton creation.
