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Upper Class | City Portrait
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Best Foreign Film | 1996 | Wim
Outstanding Feature Film Bester Spielfilm | 1996 | Wim
Best Foreign Director Regista del Miglior Film Straniero | 1996 | Wim
Originally intended to be a pure promotional documentary about Lisbon comissioned by the city. Director Wim Wenders added some fictional components to the film and created a story with a thin and simple plot line.
"Ah não ser eu toda a gente e toda a parte!". This phrase (roughly translated as "Would I be everybody and everywhere!"), written in one of the walls of the house where Winter's staying, is the last verse of "Ode Triunfal", a poem by Álvaro de Campos, one of the three main heteronyms of Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa.
The movie is a homage to Federico Fellini, who passed away the year before its release. The elusive director from the film, Friedrich, shares his first name and several traits with the Italian artist.
In the condensed "third act" (opposing to rather slow film's pace ), which is roughly last 15 minutes, in main character's monologue, Wenders uses names of several Beatles' songs, "Fool on the Hill" and "With A Little Help From My Friends".
"Phillip Winter: Listen. You have to guess what this is. [makes sound of horse running] Beta: A horse! He's afraid! Zé: Yeah, horse! Vera: That's it! Sofia: He's running very fast! He's galloping! Phillip Winter: Right. And who is always on a horse? Zé: A cowboy. Phillip Winter: Right. And now... [makes sound of lighting a match] Vera: A match! Zé: He lights a match! Phillip Winter: [makes sound of fire] Sofia: What's that? Zé: He makes a fire! Vera: Yeah, he makes a fire! Phillip Winter: Mmm hmm... [makes sound of frying eggs] Zé: What's that? Sofia: He makes something to eat. Yes, a steak! Zé: A steak! Phillip Winter: [pauses] Nnnehh... This cowboy is... vegetarian. Listen again."
"Friedrich Monroe: I really love this city. And most of the time I really saw it, in front of my eyes. But pointing a camera is like pointing a gun. And each time I pointed it, it felt like... life was drained out of things. And I cranked and I cranked, but with each turn of the old handle the city was receding, fading further and further, like the Cheshire cat."
