Asking what is your favorite movie is a rather complicated question, who can pick only one and with which criteria brings it to the top. Until the end of the World is not the best movie of Wim Wenders and also discouraged a lot people from watching it because of the lengthy duration, 4,5 hours. But is is my favorite movie and the reason is that when i bring it in my mind i get a uniquely beautiful nostalgic feeling.
The story goes like that. It is the year 1999 and the world is about to end, a nuclear satellite is falling from orbit, none knows where it will land and everyone fears the damage will be massive. In this setting Clair crashes her car into 2 robbers and through them ends up meeting Sam. A mysterious figure who travels around the world with a strange device. Clair start chasing him and in every meeting she falls more and more in love with him.
Well, i don't really want to give a lot of spoilers because there are a lot of surprises and a really surreal ending. Its a good opportunity to watch it now that we are all in a lock down and have time, the uncut 4,5 hours version is a true masterpiece and changes a lot the movie that come out in theaters and the TV. The movie came out at 1991 and describes a world at 1999, so it is kind of sci-fi and in my opinion came really close in describing our present. The world is more or less the same but you see that inventions like car navigation systems, self driving cars, global video calls are part of the everyday life. Not to mention a looming world ending event, damn you Elon Musk,lol.
The soundtrack is really great also, with big names writing songs specially for the movie, like Nick Cave, U2, Peter Gabriel and others.
Wow what a blast from the past. I worked in a video store when this came out. Anubody who rented it brought it back saying it was pure garbage. I Loved it but, you know wenders films.... It craaaaawwwwwlllllld. Four and a half hours felt like a week
But worth it.
Lol, it was not for the weak to watch. I agree that it is not the best movie from Wenders but it had a certain charm:) i still remember the poster at the cinema even though it came to Greece some years after its release and as a summer movie:)
I got a little bored while watching this movie.😊
Lol, i can understand that. I watched it as a mini series, in parts:)
I wanted to comment when I had finished watching the movie, I watched it in three sessions because of how lengthy it is. I liked it, but it feels like they are two movies smashed together, one is the chase and the love story, and the other is when they reach their goal.
That second part is the one that I have more trouble with, it feels like the consequences of their discovery are a little over the top, I wish they stopped before they changed the focus of their work, it would have been more meaningful. And the ending is crazy hahaha but fun.
I would've never watched it if it wasn't for your post. It was a cool experience, thanks for sharing, George!