Video pick of the week (and my review of): The Criterion Collection's blu-ray edition of "Wings of Desire"

My review of the Criterion blu-ray edition of Wim Wenders' 1987 masterpiece "Wings of Desire" is now up on theHDRoom.com website. The film is also my video pick of the week (Sorry, "G.I. Joe"). Set in West Berlin prior to the fall of the Wall, "Wings" is a film that defies categorizing and is hard to properly encapsulate in a three-page review. Those are both good things when it comes to the movie. It's a one-of-a-kind work of art that is many things to many people.

The Criterion Collection, which has always been the gold standard of home video releases, gives "Wings" superb treatment for its first foray into the high-definition universe (a DVD edition with the same supplements is also being released). The picture and sound quality is beautiful, and the supplemental material gives the viewer a deeper understanding on both the film as well as the film's cinematographer and one of its stars, Curt Bois. As if this release wasn't enough of a gift from Criterion, the company will be releasing Wenders' other masterpiece from the mid 1980s, the heartbreaking "Paris, Texas" on both DVD and blu-ray disc in January.