minute version was shown at 7:00 pm on Saturday, February 24, 2001 at  the Directors Guild of America Theater, 110 W. 57th St., New York City. Wim  Wenders was at the screening and announced this version would be released on  DVD. The Area 2 "Arthaus" DVD release of 2005 indeed runs 279 minutes and is  presented in the "trilogy format" of three parts each between 91 and 97  minutes long.