Saudade minha pátria, todo o meu corpo te chama, toda a minha alma te é. Still the story itself is pretty basic and not that interesting. why is there always a guy dressed as Fernando around? The sets are beautiful, Lisbon was a place like no other, sadly it's getting completely destroyed by over tourism and this trend of the same stores, same cafes etc all around Europe.
watching this in Lisbon (in the hood of Madre de Deus, for that matter) was fun, with all those familiar words of Fernando Pessoa and the already too familiar images of the quaint trams. those ramblings at the end really put me off though.
Once again, too much pretentious talks about the movie industry and life in the last few scenes with the character Frederic which really fed me up. Otherwise, the experience would have been lovely since references to Fernando Pessoa are everywhere and Lisboa appears more intimately and familiarly to me in this movie than in real life.
Wenders tente de se ressourcer au Portugal, mais ne parvient qu'à se répéter... www.cinefiches.com
Lacked the effortless grace of 70s Wenders, but it was nice to see some familiar faces again.
Awful story but great to watch just because it's in Lisbon. So much Nostalgia
It may be because of the feelings I have for this wonderful city, or for the time I choosed to watch it, but this film really inspired me.
A very corny work of love about Lisboa. At some point there's a brief but lovely tribute to "sound design" ('sonoplastia'). However, the film was - IMO - a very dull experience in general. The scenes with Madredeus (except the musical playbacks) were actually agonizing. The old footage of the city was refreshing. Well, it's probably best consumed if born and raised elsewhere.
It all begins with a road trip. The rest is cinema history. Wim Wenders is the guy !
I found this one a bit silly. Nevertheless, the participation of Manoel de Oliveira was a welcomed highlight.
Part-travelogue/part-character study/part-film about filmmaking; uniting the two great avatars of Wenders' career and then having them engage in a metaphorical discussion about the future of cinema. Like most of Wenders' greatest work, the film is at its best when simply observing and documenting the actual spirit of the location, and playing it back through the melancholic perspective of his central characters.
Saudade! I watched this film on one of the last nights I was living in Lisbon last year, told to watch it in fact by a crazy Italian 'lesbica', my housemate. Primarily set in Alfalma, the old Moorish district by the Sé on the Tejo, it's a wonderful fim about nothing. Filmed in '94 and set earlier than that it really shows how resistant the Portuguese capital is to change. My favourite part is the rickety 28 tram.
I began to watch this film with low expectation but it finally turned out to be very good and a beautiful reflection about Cinema. All things considered, this film is one of Wenders' greatest.
A declaration of love to Lisbon and the portugese cinema and culture. It is just beautiful!