Quentin Aanenson has gone west
Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:06 pm
Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:19 pm
I saw his story on PBS when it first came out. I have always thought it was one of the best done accounts that I ever seen on film. Thank God for men like that. We will never again know the likes of men like that. Godspeed sir.
Robbie
Robbie
Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:30 pm
Indeed. Godspeed
His story was done well, a very personal account that stripped the "glory" away and showed the raw edge of what it was like to be there.
His story was done well, a very personal account that stripped the "glory" away and showed the raw edge of what it was like to be there.
Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:54 pm
A great man, like nearly all from his generation.
Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:07 pm
I'm very sorry to hear that. Another hero gone West...
Zack
Zack
Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:56 pm
I just saw this. Godspeed. I really enjoyed his interviews in The War. I'd like to see the other documentary he was featured in as well. What was that one called?
Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:12 pm
Perhaps it is Ken Burn's "The War" had a lot of his narrative in it, that you are thinking of. His story being "A Fighter Pilots Story"
Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:20 pm
The first one he was in about 10 years ago was "Fighter Pilots Story" on PBS. I'm not sure if its available on DVD.
Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:49 pm
"A Fighter Pilots Story" WAS available until PBS aired "The War", using watered down bits and pieces of the stark and sometimes graphic REAL war as told by a real pilot. PBS then pulled the DVD from sales? Didn't want to confuse people? Perhaps A Fighter Pilots Story was a bit too patriotic and Wave the Flag American for the PBS Brass!?
