He reunited with Wenders and his co-star Bruno Ganz for In Weiter Ferne, So Nah! (Faraway, So Close!), a 1993 sequel to Wings of Desire.
An alternate recording was used in the Wim Wenders film Faraway, So Close!. "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" was well received by critics and nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song.
The film's sequel, In weiter Ferne, so nah! (1993; Faraway, So Close!), however, was far less successful artistically.
The angels reconvened in unified Berlin in 1993 for Faraway, So Close! with Cassiel finally experiencing the pain of life as a human.
In Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire and Faraway, So Close! he played the ironically detached and tragic angel Cassiel, and in the epic Second World War U-boat drama Das Boot he was a troubled lieutenant.
Just days ago, but it seems so much more faraway than that, Bulgari's commissioning Fay Weldon to write a novel was the consuming topic of conversation in publishing circles.
The titles themselves spell out restive yearning -- "Wings of Desire," "Faraway, So Close," "Until the End of the World," "Notebook on Cities and Clothes," "Paris, Texas," "Kings of the Road," "Alice in the Cities" -- and a search for a home outside of where the protagonists are staying.
"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" was critically acclaimed.
"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" runs for 4 58 (4 minutes, 58 seconds).
