Masters of the Air: Episode Discussion 9

14/03/2024 07:45
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B-17 bomber aircraft resting on a runway under a sunrise sky, title card: Masters of the Air


A final episode, a 77-minute runtime, and a new director. Goodnight, sweet show!

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Date: 14/03/2024 21:24 (UTC)
sovay: (Rotwang)
From: [personal profile] sovay
I am about three episodes behind at this point, but just hit this article from the Library of America on the Regensburg raid in the airmen's own voices and this comm seemed a suitable place to leave it: "'Their Own Tiny Circle of War': Masters of the Air, in Their Own Words." (The Library of America seems to have opinions about the show.)

Date: 14/03/2024 21:51 (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] muccamukk
That's a great essay! Thanks! I did feel like episode 3 at least partly captured the absolute chaos of that mission, including a couple long, silent shots of Cleven just surrounded by destruction.

(Is the opinion disdain?)

Date: 14/03/2024 22:10 (UTC)
sovay: (Rotwang)
From: [personal profile] sovay
That's a great essay! Thanks!

You're welcome! I wasn't familiar with any of the primary sources.

(Is the opinion disdain?)

"There is a haunting irony that these scenes—uncanny and borderline incomprehensible even to the men who witnessed them—would form the basis for the eyeball-cramming, CGI-enhanced battle sequences of Masters of the Air."

(I agree with you that that silence does come through in some of those scenes and even more so in the Münster raid in Episode 5. But I also understand the LOA's side-eye.)
Edited Date: 15/03/2024 06:28 (UTC)

Date: 15/03/2024 04:33 (UTC)
From: [personal profile] partypaprika
I like this article! The writing by the airmen that is included is great and packs a real punch.

Date: 15/03/2024 06:28 (UTC)
sovay: (Rotwang)
From: [personal profile] sovay
I like this article! The writing by the airmen that is included is great and packs a real punch.

Agreed! I may in fact track down the LOA volumes which contain the rest of it.
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