fv_poster | Gift for bironic by Laura Shapiro (Wings of Desire)

Title of vid: What No Angel Knows
Recipient: bironic
Vidder: Laura Shapiro
Fandom: Wings of Desire (1987)
Music: Dance / S'loyfn, S'yogn by Moira Smiley and Voco
Summary: What does it mean to be human?
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Signed length: 03:08

Link to signed vid post.

Lyrics
Spoken in English:
When the north wind brings the cold air
Should we laugh and dance against it?
Or should we sigh with its groaning?
My child, your father sends a message of hope
From a cold, dark land
Where he is digging graves
For all lies

The lyrics song are in Yiddish. Translation:
Dark clouds race and rush, the wind whistles and blows. Your father sends greetings from Siberia to you, my child. It is the wind that brings a greeting from that cold land. There your father stands with a shovel in hand. And he digs deeper and deeper – shoveling out the earth. Don’t worry – he’s digging graves for all lies. He’s neither the first nor the last to fall in the field. But don’t worry, my child, a great hero bore you. And you’ll grow up to be a hero. So sleep, sleep now. Gather your strength for the future my only child.

Crossposts: http://fv-poster.livejournal.com/128953.html

Threaded | Flat

From:

cupidsbow

I haven't seen this film yet, but you make it look creepy and awesome in equal measure.

From:

stultiloquentia

Aaaaah! You did an absolutely gorgeous job of capturing one of my favourite movies! What a neat music choice. Thank you so much. I hope you inspire a whole bunch of people to watch WoD and the sequel.

From:

elisi

*profound love*

This was just utterly beautiful. Thank you. Might be back later with more coherent thoughts, but right now I'm just caught in deep appreciation - it's such a rich movie that I wasn't sure how anyone could make a vid from it, but you did it!

From:

scribe

I have to admit that I haven't seen this movie since a film class rather a long time ago, but I remember enough of the premise to totally love this vid! Absolutely inspired song choice.

From:

lithiumdoll

Wow, this is dense. I don't know the source, so I doubt I'm even unpacking half of it, but I really, really love this vid!

From:

vivien

This is one of my favorite movies, and the song could have been in the soundtrack. Beautiful work! I adore this.

From:

no_detective

Wow, this is gorgeous - the black&white vs. color moments, the slow build as he picks up various objects on his path to becoming human, the intensity of connections... amazing work!

From:

par_avion

Very evocative. I like the song choice, and the transition at 1:40 from the trapeze artist to the bird in the sky when the song shifts.

From:

franzeska

Glorious! Love that final color change as he's holding the rock to his forehead.

From:

livrelibre

This is so gorgeously well done! Great song choice and use of the switches between black and white and color and the editing (esp. all the glances and little gestures on the beats) is great. I'll certainly be rewatching this again and looking up the source.

From:

sweetestdrain

Agh! I've been waiting for an amazing Wings of Desire vid, and this is it. The song choice is lovely and the structure works so well. Gorgeous.

From:

schiarire

This is incredible. Perfect song choice and great shots. I'm so impressed that you were able to vid this film!

From:

fan_eunice

Wow. This is amazing and gorgeous and deeply intriguing (for someone who hasn't seen the source) and so, so well put together.

From:

echan

This was awesome, so beautiful. I loved the illustration of his work, early on in the vid, and how he started to care more, and be interested in things like pens. The use of color footage was very well timed, and the angels and flight. The end was gorgeously timed, and felt well earned, lovely.

From:

frayadjacent

Oh wow, this was very cool and interesting. I loved your use of slow, gentle motion.

From:

actiaslunaris

I find it interesting, that at the beginning it is only the angels who look directly at the camera, only to change to humans. It creates a connection between both, a bridge between the world of the unseen and seen. Lovely work.