First Oscar Best Picture-Wing

Freddy 2022-01-20 08:01:23

In fact, from a modern point of view, this is not a good film. The film lasted more than two hours, and after seeing it, I thought I just wanted to finish it. This is a silent film, because the feelings of the characters cannot be expressed in words, so the actors can only express them with exaggerated movements, so the whole film looks a bit like a stage play.
But in those days, it was indeed a good film. Half of the film is in the air battle scenes. Since the directors and other directors are all pilots, the film presents a vivid sense of life and spectacular air battle scenes. And those scenes look very realistic today. In the arrangement of love, the whole film also developed smoothly and naturally, unconventional. This makes this the first best film in Oscar history, and the only silent film to win this honor, with a long-lasting viewing value.

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Extended Reading
  • Rebeca 2022-03-14 14:12:27

    To the great air knights during the First World War. It starts with a meteor and ends with a meteor, but the war is not as seamless as a meteor. "All set?" (Are everything ready?)-Air Force departure language, men's friendship and tacit understanding. Four corners love-love field in war. The big scene of fierce battle in the air. Although it has entered the age of sound, the film is still a silent film, and the silent film has very strong traces of vaudeville performances and the movements are too exaggerated. The rise of feminism-Clara Bow, a plump female warrior who can drive a car. American-style equality and patriotism-"The Stars and Stripes are eternally flying". Both the children of the rich and the civilians participated in the war, and the German-Americans were unwilling to be left behind.

  • Laury 2022-03-20 09:02:41

    The cruelty and reality of war, the life and helplessness of aerial combat. There are also entertainment bridges that Hollywood has added, personal heroism, and embarrassing stories, mixed with good and bad.

Wings quotes

  • Title Card: Life marched at double-quick in those feverish days of '17. Drums beat... bugles called... everywhere feet were hurrying, lips were pressed to lips in parting...

  • Cadet White: Got to go out and do a flock of figure eights before chow.