Lisbon Story (1994)

Lisbon Story: Directed by Wim Wenders. With Rüdiger Vogler, Patrick Bauchau, Vasco Sequeira, Canto e Castro. The director Friedrich Monroe has trouble with finishing a silent bu0026w movie about Lisbon. He calls his friend, the sound engineer Phillip Winter, for help. As Winter arrives Lisbon weeks later, Monroe is disappeared but has left the unfinished film. Winter decides to stay, because he is fascinated of the city and the Portuguese singer Teresa, and he starts to record the sound of the film. At the same time Monroe cruises through the city with a camcorder and tries to catch unseen pictures. Later they meet and Winter convinces Monroe of finishing the film.

“This movie had the most tremendous impact on me when I first saw it – and now that I watch it again it does the same kind of magic to me. It gives impressions, but mostly it uses pictures, music, sounds to convey beauty.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe depth, what makes this more than commercial of Lisbon is the true question lying under about filmmakers wrestle with himself about the worth of making a film or any film and then again a really beautiful story about love which is drawn with only the needed lines to make you see it, but without spelling the feelings out.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe lead singer of Madredeus – Teresa Salgueiro does exceptional role without playing anyone particular – also the presence of other band members is strong – and takes the movie somewhere between real and unreal and gives the movie sleepy, dreamy like atmosphere. Wenders must have talent in casting since also the u0026quot;localu0026quot; people fit in perfectly and are so easy about being in front of camera.”