tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post2378583407120783748..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Watching Oscar: WingsSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-15094577964999899922013-09-23T14:55:06.822-05:002013-09-23T14:55:06.822-05:00I was extremely impressed with the flying scenes. ...I was extremely impressed with the flying scenes. There are a couple of moments where I'm not exactly sure how they were taken or how they look so good. I have no issue with it winning the Production award. It deserved it.<br /><br />Yeah, the "first male/male screen kiss" is something I picked up from Wikipedia, I think. I tend to have that open when I write up a film for odd tidbits, cast, and plot sequence. It is purely non-sexual, and someone thinking it has homosexual overtones didn't watch the first two hours of the movie. It's a kiss of friendship and completely chaste--like a kiss between brothers more than anything else.<br /><br />I'm not familiar with the Veidt film, so I can't really speak to it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-91379259090444434362013-09-23T11:00:54.453-05:002013-09-23T11:00:54.453-05:00I like this film, especially the aerial shots. I ...I like this film, especially the aerial shots. I think they are why the film won. I also think that the extra scenes with Bow were put in because she was supposed to be the star, but it's hard to find scenes for a woman in a WWI war film.<br /><br />I don't think it's so much that Sunrise gets forgotten (I've even seen some people say that it is the "real" Best Picture winner, not Wings). I think it's that the Production award became the Best Picture award for the next Academy Awards and the artistic award was subsumed into the Cinematography and Art Direction awards. Wings was therefore the equivalent of all the later Best Picture winners.<br /><br />A couple notes on the kiss: I first saw it in a doc on "hidden homosexuality" in early Hollywood films. I hadn't seen the film yet. When I finally did watch Wings I realized that the doc had completely misrepresented that scene. Secondly, I haven't seen it, but there's a semi-famous 1919 film titled Different from the Others, starring Conrad Veidt (Casablanca) that was about two gay men falling in love. I've heard that they kiss in it, but differing reports on whether the physical kiss is shown or not.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-68269483378734049072013-09-23T10:30:44.921-05:002013-09-23T10:30:44.921-05:00I haven't seen it, but I'll admit that it&...I haven't seen it, but I'll admit that it's one that popped up on my radar when I watched <i>The Aviator</i>. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-4130457987133205712013-09-23T10:02:49.143-05:002013-09-23T10:02:49.143-05:00I haven't seen Wings but it looks like I shoul...I haven't seen Wings but it looks like I should give it a try. Have you seen Hell's Angels (1930)? I had absolutely no expectations going in but I ended up loving it. I thought the dogfighting scenes were spectacular. And then you have Jean Harlow in a pre-Code setting. Pretty steamy ... Seriously, Howard Hughes put together some awesome flying scenes. The version I saw had been restored with some blue tinted night scenes, etc. marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.com