Until the End of the World
Sometime in the early 90s, still consumed with everything U2, I stumbled onto a soundtrack for a movie titled, Until the End of the World. U2's song of the same title was on the soundtrack, as it was also on their record, Achtung Baby. As I remember, the entire soundtrack was pretty interesting (I can't remember specifics though: my entire CD collection was stolen out of my car a couple of years later in Denver - 96 discs!), but it was U2 that got me there first.
As one given to following a random thread, I went and rented the movie, a strange pseudo sci-fi drama with a heady dose of morality - actually, it was so bizarre as to defy description. But I liked it. I think. All three something hours of it.
It was written and directed by this Dutch film-maker, Wim Wenders. Several years later I stumbled across him again via a soundtrack leading to a movie. I was attracted to the music from City of Angels, a film that starred Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan. It's a good soundtrack (especially the last four instrumental pieces - in fact, we used those songs as we washed each other's feet, celebrating Maundy Thursday in our home with friends last week). But the important part was that music once again took me to a film, which once again took me to Wim Wenders. Wenders didn't have anything to do with City of Angels except insofar as it is a remake of his film Wings of Desire, a German black and white film shot in Berlin. The sequel to this film is Faraway, So Close!, which SUPRISE! is another U2 song. So now we're full circle.
Anyway, all this to say that about six months ago I read an interview with Wim Wenders in Image, a journal of the arts and religion. It is a great interview that is worth your time if you like the visual medium of film, the creative process, narratives, and how the process of creativity influences and even dictates our own transformation.
Take some time to read Morton T. Kelsey's reflection on the cross from today's daily dig (via the 
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