Wings of Desire and City of Angels (Ep. 90)

In this very romantic, very German, very arthouse episode of Adapt or Perish, we're looking at the very romantic, very German, very arthouse Wings of Desire, and its very Hollywood remake City of Angels! In this episode we discuss: Wings of Desire (1987), directed by Wim Wenders, written by Wenders, Peter Handke, and Richard Reitinger, and starring Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, and Peter Falk City of Angels (1998), directed by Brad Silberling, written by Dana Stevens, and starring Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, and Dennis Franz Footnotes: "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan Faraway, So Close! (1993) Paris, Texas (1984) Buena Vista Social Club (1999) Rebecca Schaeffer and Gavin de Becker's The Gift of Fear "Sincerely, Raymond Holt" You can follow Adapt or Perish on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and you can find us and all of our show notes online at adaptorperishcast.com. We're also on Patreon! You can find us at patreon.com/adaptcast. We have multiple reward levels, which include access to a patron-only community and a patron-only, biweekly bonus show! We hope to see you there. If you want to send us a question or comment, you can always email us at [email protected].