The acoustic version of 'Stay (Far Away So Close)' was dedicated to the band's longtime friend, German film director Wim Wenders at Berlin´s concert.
The director has collaborated with the band for many years. As well as directing the 'Stay' video when it was released as single in 1993, he also directed Million Dollar Hotel, the film Bono co-wrote, which was released in 2000.
Ernst Wilhelm ("Wim") Wenders (born 14 August 1945, Düsseldorf) is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.
He has recieved several awards including the Golden Lion for The State of Things at the Venice Film Festival (1982), the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival (1984) for his movie Paris, Texas, and Best Direction for Wings of Desire in the 1987 Bavarian Film Awards and the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Wenders was awarded honorary doctorates at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1989 and at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium in 2005. In 1993 he again won the Bavarian Film Awards for Best Director.He was awarded the Leopard of Honour at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2005.
source:www.u2.com//winwendersofficialsite
The director has collaborated with the band for many years. As well as directing the 'Stay' video when it was released as single in 1993, he also directed Million Dollar Hotel, the film Bono co-wrote, which was released in 2000.
Ernst Wilhelm ("Wim") Wenders (born 14 August 1945, Düsseldorf) is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.
He has recieved several awards including the Golden Lion for The State of Things at the Venice Film Festival (1982), the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival (1984) for his movie Paris, Texas, and Best Direction for Wings of Desire in the 1987 Bavarian Film Awards and the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Wenders was awarded honorary doctorates at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1989 and at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium in 2005. In 1993 he again won the Bavarian Film Awards for Best Director.He was awarded the Leopard of Honour at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2005.
source:www.u2.com//winwendersofficialsite
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