Empire of the Sun - Jamie and the Plane

Jamie meets, "face to face" the plane of his dreams.

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Film & Animation

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• sun
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• scs

[Timnaldo]

I allways felt that there was this common understanding between the pilots and Jamie that the Japanese commander dont understand. Without words they just connect.

Maybe im taking this a little to far.

Thx for posting m8

[brokenstove]

I agree. Ultimately, both the pilots and Jamie recognize the beauty of the planes, as well as their larger symbolic implications: their connection with freedom.

[FedralBI]

It was also a matter of Jamie's obvious love of the aircraft and, more importantly, the respect and politeness he showed to the pilots in his very proper British salute. True samurai, as the Zero pilots considered themselves, would have respect for a young boy (Even an 'enemy') with whom they shared a kinship in love of flight. Especially a properly polite one. Just my 2 cents (Pre tax)

[kristenelysse]

I have never been so moved in my entire life as I am when I watch this scene.

[Gartenschlauch12]

Ein Offzier ist ein Gentelman!

[Timnaldo]

@RingSight91 Interresting. Its always a good thing to have your horizon widened ;) Good day to you my friend.

[RingSight91]

@Timnaldo The unnamed and little shown Colonel with the Samurai Sword and sidearm pistol is the man-in-charge of the camp and airfield. The Kommandant, in German terms. Click over to the Suo Gan Scene, that's him sending-off the three new pilots. Nagata's just at his Guard Shack, doing the guard thing, keeping an eye on the camp to his right and the flightline on his left.

[Timnaldo]

@RingSight91 Then we agree my friend. Interresting point. But now im confused about who´s running the internment camp. I always had the impression that Nagata was the overall chief?

[Timnaldo]

@RingSight91 Then we agree my friend. But now im confused about who´s running the internment camp. I always had the impression that Nagata was the overall chief?

[dakritic]

Couldn't agree more. My favorite scene of all time. Still brings me to tears .

[RingSight91]

@Timnaldo If it's just this scene, then that's no "commander". That was Sergeant Nagata, a regular grunt. He's the local Chief of Security, so of course he's concerned about who gets close to the aircraft. Anybody on sentry duty would. But the Base Commander, which you'll later see sending off the new pilots complete-with-sake-and-Banzai, would have been a former pilot himself.

[Timnaldo]

@RingSight91 I dont think it was a rule that any commander had to be a pilot. Especially not the commander of an internmentcamp.

I still believes the commander reacts the way he does to Jamie in this scene, is because Jamie at this point is an "enemy". And enemies are not allowed to come even near the aircrafts. Off course not.

Later the commander gets to know Jamie better offcourse.

[RingSight91]

@MIGUEL2005LIMA I was an airman. But this exchange can be also explained mas simplemente. The pilots are officers, and officers are supposed to be gentlemen. "If offered a salute, whether warranted or not, you salute right back."

Pero cuando te en su aeroplano, eres un Ministro de la Muerte!

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