leccyflyer Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Just watched this Michael Caine presented contemporary documentary on the making of the finest aviation feature film of all time. It's a little light on the actual technical details, but it's an interesting watch. The late 60's style futuristic typography and some stylistic elements don;t age well, but that doesn't detract from the overall interest. One for my fellow BoB fanatics to enjoy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john davidson 1 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Another gem Leccie , thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Excellent video. An amazing insight into the complications of making that film in particular and probably all films. It couldn't be made now without extensive use of CGI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) I'm sure that the documentary is part of the extras disc on my BoB Special Edition DVD. The DVD set also has selectable commentaries that can be played during the film and are most interesting. I don't know about being the "finest aviation feature film of all time" - certainly one of the most influential and iconic for a whole number of reasons, despite the faults that we never really noticed back in the late '60s. Nevertheless, it's still an enjoyable couple of hours of entertainment and a chance to see real aeroplanes doing spectacular stuff that wouldn't be possible today. CGI although very clever and likely to get cleverer with time is still a poor substitute............was that a torpedo bomber seen knife edging between two US battleships in that terrible Pearl Harbor film? I watched Tora! Tora! Tora! again on one of the TV channels over the holidays, and in my view rates just as highly as BoB. Edited January 3 by Cuban8 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Something else I noticed was Anthony Armstrong Jones (Princess Margaret's husband at the time, I think) taking stills with a 35mm SLR camera. Everybody looks so young! Including Caine, himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Just been sent a link to some very interesting behind the scenes 8mm film footage which was shot during the making of Battle Of Britain. Some really interesting clips and by 'eck those folks were awfy close to those low flying Buchons at the beginning. 😮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john davidson 1 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 At about 8 minutes wonder if that was the hangar that they blew up without permission? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Yes, that was the one John - my understanding was that they had prior permission to rig an explosion in that hangar, but not to blow it up to the extent that they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Manuel Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 3 hours ago, leccyflyer said: Yes, that was the one John - my understanding was that they had prior permission to rig an explosion in that hangar, but not to blow it up to the extent that they did. They were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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