June view from the cockpit
Life is full of ups and downs. This image, like my career, represents a new perspective. I call it The View Down Below.
Life is full of ups and downs. This image, like my career, represents a new perspective. I call it The View Down Below.
As news continues to trickle in about the Air France accident, more pieces of the puzzle emerge. Here’s what we know so far: No bodies have been found floating in the crash area (as of this writing); the ECAM alerting system automatically reported multiple failures prior to lost of contact (the Airbus has the capability of sending data on the aircraft’s systems directly to maintenance); there was severe weather in the area; there is a possibility of an explosion caused by a terrorist attack.
Most people who have followed this story know of the existence of video and written evidence detailing the actions and motives of the two killers. Part of what makes this book so compelling is that the author is able to use that mountain of evidence to get inside the minds of Eric and Dylan. The basement videos were just a small part of what they left behind. Each boy also left behind detailed journals which gave insight into their thinking.
This is a true life Lord of The Flies tale. It is a story of what can happen in a closed society where there is no law or social conscience. With a limited supply of women and no real risk of punishment, the men on the island took advantage of their dominance and routinely raped girls as young as nine. It all came to light when one of the victims revealed her story to an outsider who was visiting the island. Thus began a long multi-year process where a number of men were brought to trial for the alleged rapes.
Here’s this month’s view from the cockpit. This one is called “Request deviation left of course.”
My first impression of this movie was how real it felt. Take for example the sets. Too many films today look staged. Even Spielberg has fallen into this trap. There are some scenes in the last Indiana Jones movie where everything on the screen looks like a storyboard with actors standing in designated spots, under artificial lighting, on sets that look like sets. You won’t get that impression with this film. This film looks and sounds like it was filmed on location.