Wings of Desire is one of those films movie critics are accused of liking because they're esoteric and difficult. "Nothing happens, but it takes two hours and there's a lot of complex symbolism," complains Peter van der Linden in a comment on the Internet Movie Database. In the fullness of time, perhaps he will return to it and see that astonishing things happen and that symbolism can only be evocative by being complex; simple symbolism is like a flag, which tells you one obvious thing very well. For myself, the film is like music or a landscape: It clears a space in my mind, and in that space I can consider questions. Some of them are asked in the film: Why am I me and why not you? Why am I here and why not there? When did time begin and where does space end? - THE GREAT MOVIES
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