GCS 014: "City Of Angels" by Brad Silberling

She didn't believe in angels until she fell in love with one.

Today I'll show a scene from one of the biggest romances from the end of the nineties:

City of Angels (1998) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120632/

Inspired by the modern classic, Wings of Desire, City involves an angel (Cage) who is spotted by a doctor in an operating room. Franz plays Cage's buddy who somehow knows a lot about angels.

Fun Facts:

• When 'Meg Ryan' is looking in the mirror andNicolas Cageis not reflected, this was shot twice with motion control: once with Ryan and Cage, once without the actors, and mixed together. also, if you look closely enough, you can see a few strands of Ryan's hair morphing in and out where Cage's face was erased.

• The rooftop scene with 'Dennis Franz' and ' Nicolas Cage' sitting on scaffolding high above the city was shot for real. Both actors were afraid of heights.

• When they show shots of any of the angels, they rarely blink. Nicolas Cage actually practiced not blinking and was able to do it for several minutes by the time the film was done. However, once he became human he was able to blink all he wanted.

• During the "falling" sequence near the end of the film, Seth's memories are shown. One of them is of a pregnant woman. This woman was portrayed by Elisabeth Shue, though you only see her stomach.

And the scene I'm presenting is the "Free Will" scene! Enjoy!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lx900eZIhI