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February 26, 2012
Wings and The Artist
the unlikely audience favorite The Artist swept up ten Oscar nominations, including Best Motion Picture. If it wins it will be only the second silent film in history to win in the category. The other was Wings, a war film by William A. Wellman, which won Best Picture at the very first Academy Awards. --Paris Review – First in Flight, Perrin Drumm
Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 26, 2012 9:26 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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The "special effects" in Wings consisted of stunt pilots flying actual World War I airplanes. That literally can't be done today. Planes built of wood and canvas don't last a century. There are only a tiny handful of WWI-era planes flying today, and they have been heavily rebuilt and restored. A modern remake of Wings would have to use CGI.
Posted by: rickl at February 26, 2012 11:57 AM