Stay (far away, so close)
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Y2K
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You'd be correct! That is the statue from Stay.
typhoon
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Cool.
Clawgrabber
War Child
yup...
because Wim Wenders is German, and his films are german, and Faraway So Close (The Sequel To Wings Of Desire) takes place in Berlin... and that statue... I think it is called the Peace Angel... is a main setpiece in the film.
Check it out at the Berlin Film Museum at the Sony Center in Berlin. They have the main actor's angel costume and a photograph of him sitting on the shoulder of the angel...
the Stay video was modelled after the film.
because Wim Wenders is German, and his films are german, and Faraway So Close (The Sequel To Wings Of Desire) takes place in Berlin... and that statue... I think it is called the Peace Angel... is a main setpiece in the film.
Check it out at the Berlin Film Museum at the Sony Center in Berlin. They have the main actor's angel costume and a photograph of him sitting on the shoulder of the angel...
the Stay video was modelled after the film.
babyman
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
What? The statue of Berlin turned into the statue of Stay?
longingforBono
War Child
Give that fan a prize! Way cool you found it and photographed it too.
I 
that song and video.
that song and video.1stepcloser
Rock n' Roll Doggie
the video
in fact
all of Zooropa's video's
in fact
all of Zooropa's video's
rafmed
Refugee
The name of the column is the Siegesaule (Victory Column).
When I was in Berlin I went up there and watched the city as Bono supposedly did in that video
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When I was in Berlin I went up there and watched the city as Bono supposedly did in that video
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AtomicBono
ONE love, blood, life
babyman said:What? The statue of Berlin turned into the statue of Stay?
yes the statue should be officially dubbed the Stay Statue now, because let's face it, the Stay video is way more important than whatever the statue was named for before.
Zoots
Blue Crack Supplier
AtomicBono said:
This thread is so fucking cool.
I want to go to Berlin NOW!!!
*throws tantrum*
its the SIEGESSÄULE = victory column.
wim wenders did some tricks during the filming of the Stay video.
in fact they did NOT sit on the wings of the VIKTORIA (the name of the golden lady...) 'cause they all suffer from vertigo
BERLIN
wim wenders did some tricks during the filming of the Stay video.
in fact they did NOT sit on the wings of the VIKTORIA (the name of the golden lady...) 'cause they all suffer from vertigo
BERLIN
*sofia*
Refugee
longingforBono said:
It's not that difficult to spot..
Clawgrabber
War Child
there are still bullet holes in the column from a couple of major battles during World War II
also, the inside of the column has one of the longest staircases I have ever climbed. And the most graffiti i have ever seen.
there is a smaller version of this statue in Munich.
and a tiny one in the palm of a french statue in Paris (because Paris likes to brag that they are better than Germany... Jerks)
what's cool about the column is that is used to
a. be shorter
b. not have a statue on top
c. be in a different location in berlin
but they:
a. moved it
b. added a section of column to make it taller
c. added the statue.
all at different times in the past 100 years and all for different reasons.
ah, trivia.
also, the inside of the column has one of the longest staircases I have ever climbed. And the most graffiti i have ever seen.
there is a smaller version of this statue in Munich.
and a tiny one in the palm of a french statue in Paris (because Paris likes to brag that they are better than Germany... Jerks)
what's cool about the column is that is used to
a. be shorter
b. not have a statue on top
c. be in a different location in berlin
but they:
a. moved it
b. added a section of column to make it taller
c. added the statue.
all at different times in the past 100 years and all for different reasons.
ah, trivia.
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