Cinema and aviation took their first steps and took off around the same time. In their own way, the marvelous modern machines that are cameras and airplanes brought humans closer to their dreams. It’s no surprise then that filmmakers became fascinated with aerial feats and those bold enough to conquer the skies.
Guest programmer : John Harbour
Winner of the first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929
Jack Powell and David Armstrong are both in love with the same young woman. Enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, they find themselves in the same unit fighting the German air force.
William A. Wellman
William A. Wellman was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and military pilot. He is known for his work in crime, adventure, and action genre films, often focusing on aviation themes, a particular passion of his. He also directed several well-regarded satirical comedies. His 1927 film, Wings, was the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture at the 1st Academy Awards ceremony. Beginning his film career as an actor, he went on to direct over 80 films, at times co-credited as producer and consultant, from the silent era through the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was nominated for four Academy Awards: three times for Best Director for the original A Star Is Born (1937), Battleground (1949), and The High and the Mighty (1954), and once for Best Original Story for A Star is Born, which he won. In 1973, he received the Directors Guild of America's Lifetime Achievement Award. He was previously a decorated combat pilot during World War I, serving in the Lafayette Flying Corps of the French Air Force, and earning a Croix de Guerre with two palms for valorous action.
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Aventures aériennes
John Harbour, programmateur invité du cycle Aventures aériennes, nous partage sa passion pour l'aviation et ses réflexions sur la façon dont elle a fait rêver l'humanité comme le cinéma.
