Wenders' Director's Cut of Until the End of the World

At a whopping 280 minutes, Wender's intended length of his sci-fi epic Until the End of the World might actually make some wish the world was ending, but for those of us willing to commit the time, the Director's cut is a rewarding experience.

The 150 minute theatrical version of the film was criticized for being overly ambitious, disjointed and underdeveloped, while the Director's cut not only fills in these blanks, it fleshes out this fascinating story about how we see the world around us, the search for identity within that world and our obsessive/destructive interface with technology as a means to process reality, both conscious and unconscious.

Wenders' long-time Cinematographer Robby Müller has been a big influence on my me work and Müller playfully exhibits many of his own influences in UTEOTW. See if you can pick them out: