tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post9082969133325794951..comments2024-03-08T18:49:51.289-05:00Comments on Classic Film and TV Café: Powell and Pressberger's One of Our Aircraft Is MissingRick29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-84334663404593812692014-06-29T10:54:51.439-04:002014-06-29T10:54:51.439-04:00Gary, yes, the two films share a similar premise a...Gary, yes, the two films share a similar premise and, though different in tone, I'm a fan of both. Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-51558027233114144002014-06-29T10:53:18.430-04:002014-06-29T10:53:18.430-04:00Toto, loved your insightful comments about the use...Toto, loved your insightful comments about the use of B&W in ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING. The parallels to A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH are interesting, too. Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-1807067706961700562014-06-28T08:54:56.367-04:002014-06-28T08:54:56.367-04:00Rick, I thoroughly enjoyed your profile of the Arc...Rick, I thoroughly enjoyed your profile of the Archers' first work. Like you, I preferred "One of our Aircraft is Missing" once said craft hit the ground. The children are wonderful and the townspeople quite believable, but the two women especially shine in their dangerous work. It was fascinating to recognize Peter Ustinov in what IMDB has listed as his first film role, after a documentary and short. What I found especially wonderful was realizing the risks a little town was willing to take to help their allies get home safely. I really liked the black and white photography because it was like seeing a newsreel tell its tale, but with much more interest. It reminded me also of "A Matter of Life and Death" with the heaven scenes done in black and white versus the earth scenes in color and, of course, David Niven's Peter Carter's descent to what should have been his death, had not a celestial error been made. I hope people will check this little gem out, remembering to stick with it until the bailout since that is when everything becomes interesting.toto2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09652682900471649463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-40265773425350802652014-06-26T22:20:48.744-04:002014-06-26T22:20:48.744-04:00Have never seen it, but the story sounds like a mo...Have never seen it, but the story sounds like a more realistic, less action-packed version of Errol Flynn's "Desperate Journey," which was released just a few months later.Gary R.noreply@blogger.com