![]() ![]() Michael in 2006, is defined as “an omnipresent electronic surveillance facilitated by technology that makes it possible to embed surveillance devices in the human body.”Īs angels in Wings of Desire, Damiel and Cassiel (and the other angels) are witnesses to human lives. As an exploration of omniscient access to humans’ innermost thoughts, desires, and grief, the film also provides an intriguing window within which to consider uberveillance. In Wim Wenders’s poetic 1987 film Wings of Desire, two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, wander a still-divided Berlin, invisible to most humans, but able to hear their thoughts.Īcclaimed as “extraordinary” and named as one of the best films of the 1980s by critics such as David Denby in New York Magazine, and winner of accolades from international film festivals, the movie hums with spiritual energy, and has much to say about the human condition. Wings of Desire, uberveillance, angels, Berlin, point of view, watching, surveillance Introduction This will reunify the world faster in compassion than any other technological marvel thrust upon us. What is important? It is the human connection the ability to hold out our hand to another and have it clasped in reciprocity. This article acts as a reminder of the intrinsic worth of human life in synergy with love, beyond the quantification of advanced technologies that seek to decorporealize and propel us to gamify our existence. Humans will continue to encroach on personal privacy through the latest technological exploits penetrating the human within, while the angels will stand by their limitations acknowledging their role as listeners but not intruders. Varying points of view are considered in the surveillance spectrum, demonstrating that while we can artificially fabricate omnipresence, omniscience still belongs to the heavenly realm. This article uses Wim Wenders’ romantic fantasy film Wings of Desire (1987) to contrast the roles of angels with uberveillance. ![]() Terri Bookman, Independent Journalist Abstract ![]() Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire: Anticipating Uberveillance ![]()
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