Santa Maria, Santa Teresa, Santa Anna, Santa Susannah
Santa Cecilia, Santa Copelia, Santa Domenica, Mary Angelica
Frater Achad, Frater Pietro, Julianus, Petronilla
Santa, Santos, Miroslaw, Vladimir
and all the rest
a man is placed upon the steps, a baby cries
and high above the church bells start to ring
and as the heaviness the body oh the heaviness settles in
somewhere you can hear a mother sing
then it's one foot then the other as you step out onto the road
how much weight? how much weight?
then it's how long? and how far?
and how many times before it's too late?
calling all angels
calling all angels
walk me through this one
don't leave me alone
calling all angels
calling all angels
we're cryin' and we're hurtin'
and we're not sure why...
and every day you gaze upon the sunset
with such love and intensity
it's almost...it's almost as if
if you could only crack the code
then you'd finally understand what this all means
but if you could...do you think you would
trade in all the pain and suffering?
ah, but then you'd miss
the beauty of the light upon this earth
and the sweetness of the leaving
calling all angels
calling all angels
walk me through this one
don't leave me alone
callin' all angels
callin' all angels
we're tryin'
we're hopin'
we're hurtin'
we're lovin'
we're cryin'
we're callin'
'cause we're not sure how this goes
Writer: Jane Siberry
Performed by: Jane Siberry with k.d.lang
Until the End of the World, soundtrack
Priča, dakle, ide ovako: gledala sam ovaj film davno, trajao je jedno četiri sata i već na prvo gledanje zaljubila sam se u njega. Bio je sve što očekujem od jednog filma. Onda je prošlo nekoliko godina i ja sam živjela u nekoj drugoj zemlji, za praznike sam došla doma, spojila se na net i na ircu, baš negdje pred novu godinu, upoznala dva simpatična dečka, koji su se spojili iz nekog sajberkafea. Ispostavilo se da imamo slične ukuse, s tim da su oni tada živjeli u Parizu. Izmijenili smo adrese i brojeve, popričali o Wendersu i književnosti i otišli svaki na svoju feštu. Kad sam se nakon praznika vratila na studij u daleku zemlju, čekalo me iznenađenje: maleni paketić iz Francuske! Moja dva nova prijatelja poslala su mi kazetu sa soundtrackom iz mog najdražeg filma! Od tada pa do kraja te godine u mom društvu slušala se samo ta kazeta, i naravno, kad smo se vraćali doma, netragom je nestala.
Ne znam da li ju je netko od vas slušao i voli li Wendersa. Ako postoji netko tko ima kazetu "Do kraja svijeta" nek mi se javi. Voljela bih ponovo čuti te pjesme.
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Until The End of the World is an odyssey for the modern age. As with Homer's Odyssey, the purpose of the journey is to restore sight -- a spiritual reconciliation between an obsessed father and a deserted son. Dr. Farber, in trying to find a cure for his wife's blindness, has created a device that allows the user to send images directly to the brain, enabling the blind to see. The creation and operation of such a machine is in stark contrast to a deteriorating global situation, where the continued existence of mankind is under threat from a nuclear powered satellite that is falling toward earth. Until The End of the World is a tale of love and hope -- a metaphor for the journey we must
all take toward our future…the ultimate road movie.