About this episode

The episode discusses the film City of Angels, its characters, and various aspects of its production and themes.

“He’s the best part of this movie” - Chris on Dennis Franz On this week’s show, Remake-ril heads to Los Angeles as we chat about the sappy Hollywood remake, City of Angels ! A reimagining of Wim Wenders’ 1987 masterpiece, Wings of Desire, this film features Nicholas Cage as the lovelorn angel… Seth ? How great, truly, is Dennis Franz in this movie? Why couldn’t they have kept Meg’s character a trapeze artist instead of switching it to a doctor? Should these angels be watching stuff like bath tub shenanigans? How weird is it to hear Sarah McLachlin’s “Angel” when that dog PSA isn’t on your TV? Does Colm Feore’s character give one of the worst movie marriage proposals of all time? And was that Michael Mann as the cigarette-smoking bar extra? PLUS: What a Rolling Rock commercial! City of Angels stars Meg Ryan, Nicholas Cage, Andre Braugher, Colm Feore, Robin Bartlett, Joanna Merlin, and Dennis Franz as Mr. Messinger; directed by Brad Silberling. This episode is brought to you by Hims! Ready to reach your goals? Visit hims dot com slash WHM to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. Be sure to visit the WHM Merch shop over on Dashery and check out all the latest…

People in this episode

Host: Remake-ril

Topics covered

• film analysis
• remakes
• Hollywood
• angels
• romance
• comedy

Keywords

• City of Angels
• Dennis Franz
• Nicholas Cage
• remake
• Wings of Desire
• film discussion
• romantic drama

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Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: City of Angels, Wings of Desire

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