"Until the End of the World" Soundtrack POLL

The short, beautiful, pygmy-kissed Graeme Revell opening theme flows so perfectly into Sax and Violins that they should always be heard together.

Bought the soundtrack over a decade ago, great song selection. Made me get Neneh Cherry's "Homebrew" because of it. Sad to see the R.E.M. and Can songs get so little love, but the Top 5 is solid, love "The Adversary".

The soundtrack makes the 200+-minute restored cut unnecessary.

The short cut was both rushed and boring, the longer cut no longer feels rushed but is twice as boring.

There’s a good movie in there somewhere. I liked the family stuff quite a bit, the globetrotting stuff not so much, go figure.

The director's cut is amazing, and I still wish he'd release the 20-hour version. One of the best movies ever made!

Never saw any of the longer versions, have a feeling I might like

The longer one, which I just finished, has many good actors reciting lines without having a clue what they're saying or what they're supposed to be doing. It's pretty, though!

The second half of the film has aged a lot better than I thought it would in the early 2000s. It's funny how the film's depiction of the future bricks it by not having cellphones but still nails the addiction to tiny screens and the techies that are as enamored of their own inventions as they are indifferent to the effect it has on their families and friends.

I'd like to see all those Wenders films again. I saw a bunch of them at Bears Place in Bloomington back in college. Wings of Desire was very beautiful. I don't remember this one much at all but it was in the summer when I saw it and 2 1/2 hours of AC was awesome.

I recognize mine is a minority opinion, but his sensibility and mine aren't simpatico. At heart he has a fascination with ponderous kitsch.

I saw this movie when it came out, at a coffeehouse in Royal Oak, MI. I remember it being kind of a slog (and the audience groaning when, two hours in, the narrator said something like — “Little did they know, the story was just beginning…”).

lol I think the majority opinion is that this movie isn't very good! I love it though, always have

xp same. Definitely the breaking point in WW's career. Odd how it all unraveled from then on (apart from the unexpected joy of Lisbon Story).

The Wenders films I like best are the ones with the least kitsch - The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick and Wrong Move.