In ancient Egyptian mythology, a dead person's soul would be weighed against the feather of truth in a ritual called a psychostasy. If their soul was lighter than the feather, it would ascend into the afterlife. Heavy souls were devoured by Maat, eater of the dead. Good films go to hard drive heaven while the recycle bin eats the rest.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
wings of desire (1987)
a drama directed by wim wenders
this is a movie about 2 angels. they observe various people for a day until 1 of them decides that he wants to be human. the ex-angel then sells his armor and goes to a goth-punk concert.
most of the video was in black and white, but selected parts were in color. the audio was mostly in german with some english sprinkled through. it was also a full-screen presentation.
it was good, but it left me wondering what was going on besides the very superficial plot that I related above. I guess that's what you get when you watch an art film that you know nothing about.
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