Aircraft Graveyard scene from The Best Years of Our Lives
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The way you never see anyone get a job now. It's all about computer software and humans haven't got anything to do with it. No more looking someone in the eyes across the table and sizing them up. The software knows it all.
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@jslasher1 I don't doubt that. I was questioning another poster's comment that Wyler didn't like the score, but may not have been clear.
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@jslasher1 It's true but they would not let her talk about the movie becuase it was too popular so she was only able to talk about Song of Russia.
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This scene includes Hugo Friedhofer's magnificent score, which is one of the greatest ever composed for a Hollywood film.
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@lemaxmas Wyler lost most of his hearing during WW II. He couldn't hear most tonalities, which is why Hugo's score was difficult for him to listen to. Wyler disliked Copland's score for 'The Heiress' and was responsible for the original main title being replaced. He tried to interfere with Miklos Rozsa's music in 'Ben-Hur'. The list goes on.
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@grabit1 I personally knew Hugo. I produced the recording of the score from "Best Years". Absolute rubbish about Wyler disliking Hugo for getting the Oscar.
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@WarVideo I have never read such a load of crap in my entire life.
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This movie was full of communist propaganda, Ayn Rand wanted to denounce this movie in her HUAC testimoni as a friendly witness.
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At 0:45 the actor Roman Bohnen begins reading the commendation. It's a very moving reading. However, watch the scene again, and this time focus on Gladys George as she's emotionaly overwhelmed, her eyes tear up at exactly the right moment. She gives a wonderful performance without saying a word.
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In the beginning of the film. There's a terrific plane ride back home scherzo that I wish was posted. I don't have the movie.
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Thanks for posting this. One of the greatest movies ever made, IMO. Doesn't matter what you think of war, or "The War"--just a moving look at real people dealing with the aftermath. God bless Harold Russell and the rest of 'em.
asdesas 8 months ago 4
This is an extraordinarily powerful sequence, a testament to Wyler's skills as a director and bringing to bear all he experienced while flying with the crew of the Memphis Belle, which cost him the hearing in one ear. I always take note of the name "Round Trip?" on the plane. This was America at that moment of history...the great world conflict was over, and those who fought it were asking themselves, "Can I really come back?" Was there such a thing as a "round trip?" An American classic.
DaveLucas427 9 months ago 3