NoirFan

Der Himmel über Berlin, a.k.a. Wings of Desire


Already confirmed, along with Wenders' Paris, Texas and Alice in the Cities.

dx23

That's great news! I just sold 2 weeks ago a sealed MGM version for $120.

NoirFan

Daaamn, good job! I only managed to sell my (opened) Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire discs for about 50 bucks each. I've also got the R2 Axiom Alice in the Cities, but I'm assuming Criterion will best that edition's limited extras (two interviews).

Yakuza Bengoshi

Damn! I have a sealed copy, but didn't even realize it was OOP. I suppose I can still get a couple dollars for it, but would have loved to have off-loaded it for what you got.

NoirFan

The cheapest sealed copy is currently $69.99 on Amazon, and even if this gets released in May, the pre-order wouldn't be up for another month, so you've got plenty of time to sell it for a nice profit. $120 is just outrageous though! Congrats dx23 on finding such a deep-pocketed sucker.

riotinmyskull

fuck i had no idea WINGS OF DESIRE and PARIS TEXAS were going for that much. glad i own both of them.

Cosmic Bus

Wings of Desire and, to an extent, Paris, Texas have already been available in perfectly great editions, though... I don't see the latter around very often, but Wings doesn't seem difficult to find in brick-and-mortar stores (in my area). I'll be interested to see what they can do for the transfer of Paris, Texas, but I wish they'd see about getting Wenders' unavailable films out in the US instead.

NoirFan

In the meantime, Axiom has put on quality editions of Kings of the Road and False Move. They seem to have committed to releasing a healthy slice of Wender's catalog - six films and counting - so hopefully we will see The State of Things and the director's cut of Until the End of the World at some point.

Drexl

True, but at least with Criterion there's a chance they'll release it on Blu-ray (please oh please!). I don't see Fox/MGM doing that any time soon.

chris_sc77

This is absolutely an unnecessary release. The MGM SE was fine as it was. I wont be buying it.

sandman007

I wanted to get a copy of this movie months ago when it was less than $10, but never got around to it and then it goes OOP. Luckily I will still be able to get a new copy at a reasonable price.

Josh Z

What disc were you watching? MGM's release of Wings of Desire is an Edge Enhancement nightmare.

RagingBull80

I've wanted to see Paris, Texas for a long while so this is a good thing.

tylergfoster

Damn. I remember seeing Wings of Desire (I think) in a Barnes & Noble a few years ago for like ten bucks. I wish I had the foresight to grab ten copies...

MTRodaba2468

I've been wanting to watch this (and Paris, Texas for that matter), so I welcome the news...

wendersfan

I'm sadly in agreement.

Yakuza Bengoshi

I sold it rather cheaply for $39.95, but that's enough to get the Criterion anyway. Here's hoping for a BR release.

Josh-da-man

Hell, I didn't even know it was out of print.

I have the MGM DVD, and would have sold it for a hundred bucks. (I didn't really care for the movie, so I wouldn't mind parting with it. I think I paid something like $3-$4 for it during one of DD's MGM BOBO sales.)

jewellrunner

Great news on all three Wenders! Now they just need to release Kings of the Road, and perhaps some other rare Wenders. I had no idea Wings of Desire and Paris Texas were OOP. Ebay, here they come.

slop101

huh - I had no idea P,T was out of print either - I remember buying it new (at Tower Records) for only $5 - probably the best five bucks I ever spent.

SPRBD

Nice.

Gerry P.

We need Kings of the Road and The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick.

MrE

So dx23, know any high rollers for Million Dollar Hotel? That's one I could easily part with.

dx23

Nope. Unfortunately, that one still in-print by FOX and found in bargains bins across the USA.

Mabuse

I had no idea Paris, Texas was OOP either. For those that don't remember, this title was dumped on the market and I never understood why. On the day of release it was priced at $7.00 and most online stores had it for less than $5. But I never once saw it at a B&M store. Why did fox make a DVD packed w/ extras and then dump it at that price?