Wings of Desire

Today's screening was of Wings of Desire. This film was shot from the point of view of angels who know nothing of the human world. The angels' longing is to understand the life of a human. They can hear the thoughts of every person and can understand the mind. However, they are lacking the experiences of taste, touch, and smell. For the angels, their existence is pointless. There is no beginning or end, no history, no goal to work towards - illustrating the existential idea of nothingness. The scene in the library depicts the angels' want to learn about life in the human world, however the closest they can get is the information in people's thoughts.