Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire
Anticipating Uberveillance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22126691 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M G Michael (0009-0005-7168-052X, Independent researcher), Keren Michael (0000-0003-3118-5557, Arizona State University), Terri Bookman (0000-0001-9842-4845, Film Independent) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 109-129 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2380-7679 • E-ISSN: 2380-7687 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/jasiapacipopcult.6.1.0109 |
| OpenAlex | W3186456626 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article uses Wim Wenders’ romantic fantasy film Wings of Desire (1987) to contrast the roles of angels with uberveillance. 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. 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. 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. What is important? It is the human connection; the ability to hold out our hand to another and have it clasped in reciprocity. This will reunify the world faster in compassion than any other technological marvel thrust upon us
Aesthetics · Art · Compassion · Empathy · Epistemology · Fantasy · Literature · Omnipresence · Omniscience · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Realm · Romance · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |