And here it is: a big box, with the outer slipcase looking as if it has been clad in embossed burlap.

As stated above, the size of the Wenders set is different from its predecessors so here is a comparison shot with the Östland set and the Von Trier set.

The slipcase houses a big book...

... which does triple duty as book, disc-holder and envelope for the posters and pictures.

Not gonna lie: this picture took some time to properly arrange. You're looking at 22 Blu-rays there, three posters and 5 'polaroids'.

On the discs, you get the following films:

The Goalkeeper's Fear of Penalty
The Scarlet Letter
Alice in the Cities
Wrong Move
Kings of the Road
The American Friend
Lightning over Water
The State of Things
Paris, Texas
Tokyo-Ga
Wings of Desire
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Until the End of the World (Director's Cut)
Faraway, So Close
Lisbon Story
A Trick of the Light
Buena Vista Social Club
The Million Dollar Hotel
Palermo Shooting
Pina
The Salt of the Earth
Everything Will be Fine

A closer look at the 'polaroids', and I use apostrophes here because they're not really polaroids. Still, nice addition.

The front of the disc-holding book is an actual book with regular pages. These provide background information and a good list of all the extras on the 22 discs.

The back-end of this excellent set!

OK Curzon, who or what is next?

Pretty Packaging: Curzon's Massive WIM WENDERS Blu-ray Boxset

Pretty Packaging: Curzon's Massive WIM WENDERS Blu-ray Boxset

Ard Vijn, Editor, Europe; Rotterdam, The Netherlands (@ardvark23)

December 28 2023, 3:00 AM

An interesting phenomenon for Blu-ray collectors became apparent this year: every few months we got a stellar Blu-ray boxset by British distributor Curzon. They pick a director, get as many films together from that person as they can and go crazy, it seems. Back in October we got a fantastic boxset of films by Lars Von Trier, prior to that it was Ruben Östlund, and their latest target is Wim Wenders.

And it's a massive set. The shape and size differs from its predecessors, and the reason for that is simple: it has a staggering 22 discs in it. Basically the only film missing is Wenders' newest, Perfect Days (reviewed here) but all the others are there. And once again the set does NOT look ugly.

So here is a gallery of shots. Click on the edge of the pictures to scroll through them, or at the center of each to see a bigger version.

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