Human factor. Review of Miracle on the Hudson
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which shook the world, are considered the real beginning of the 21st century - an event that completely changed the modern world and human attitude to it. After the falling twin towers, the airliner flying at minimum height over a populous city has become one of the most terrifying frames imaginable. Miracle on the Hudson Clint Eastwood , which was boldly released in early September, definitely bears the imprint of the monstrous event of 9/11, although the story told in the film is a model of how it ended well.All the more remarkable is another American film, imbued with the spirit of patriotism, which, despite its happy history, is filled with anxiety and truly frightening scenes.  Recent works by Clint Eastwood are in one way or another devoted to duty and heroes. " Miracle on the Hudson " is just such a film, although I must say right away that even if there are many American flags and US AIRWAYS in the frame, the project itself can be called international. Just because humanism, mutual assistance, professionalism and feat are international.  On a cold January 2009, in the midst of the global financial crisis, what happened in the headlines was “Miracle on the Hudson”. The A320 passenger aircraft of the US AIRWAYS airline regularly took off from LaGuardia Airport in New York. 90 seconds after takeoff, the airbus collided with a flock of Canadian geese. Surge from foreign objects destroyed both engines. After several minutes of planning, during which controllers tried to urgently land the plane at nearby airports, the board splashed down on the surface of the Hudson River. A rescue operation began: by the police and water transport, 155 people were evacuated from a plane sinking in the icy water in a matter of minutes. Everyone was saved.  Information about the heroic act of the pilots quickly flew around the globe and instantly hit the cultural field: in 2010, College and Electric Youth wrote the song `` A Real Hero '', dedicated to the ship's commander Chesley Sullenberger (she was also included in the soundtrack of the movie "Drive"), Chesley wrote the book Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters (she came out with us under the same name as the film). It was these memoirs that Eastwood filmed. The act of Chesley Sullenberger ( Tom Hanks ) and Jeff Skills ( Aaron Eckhart ) could be portrayed as a disaster movie , but the director created an almost classic drama in the beloved American genre "people do their work." He also framed it all with a thick layer of psychologism, which grew out of the mental throwing of Chesley , who, after saving people, ended up in captivity of society.  On the screens, some reporters called him a hero, others questioned the correctness of the decision (the emergency landing was called not only a "miracle" but also a "plane crash"), newspapers and TV shows asked for interviews, and officials initiated an investigation. The hero of Hanks gets confused, does not recognize himself as a hero and carefully tries to recreate the events of that day in order to check again and again whether he did everything right. The confrontation between the pilot and society shows that only a truly strong personality is capable of such actions, taking responsibility not only for her own, but also for other people's lives. And the only correct decision often contradicts the accepted rules and protocols.  The entire inner struggle of the pilot is refracted through the ragged chronology of the film. Starting from the first days after the disaster, the narrative jumps forward and backward, reproducing episode after episode for the viewer a complete picture of what happened. The very scene of the landing with each appearance on the screen acquires new features and facts and is fully built only at the very end of the film. Such a structure of the story seems to increase the timing of the picture - it becomes surprising how such a rich action fits in just an hour and a half.  Moreover, the story is presented from several sides, especially the touching one - a look at events from the perspective of a dispatcher who lost his board. The over and over again footage of the liner flying over the city, planning to the river and hitting the cold water is really frightening. The feeling of coldness, anxiety and drama is enhanced by the chosen blue-gray, overcast color scheme. An imperceptible musical accompaniment (except for one scene, strong to tears, when the minor motive comes to the fore) helps to create a documentary effect. And the evacuation of passengers from the icy water, shown almost in real time, enhances this effect. And only after they are rescued does the anxiety go away: there is no doubt thatwhois the real hero here.  The meeting of the commission, which confirmed the pilots' actions, ends with an Oscar monologue performed by Hanks . Nevertheless, " Miracle on the Hudson " will be able to defuse the situation and brush off the exorbitant pathos of the meeting with the latest shots (and this was greatly lacking, for example, the recent "Trumbo"). Miracle on the Hudson is a great biopic about a real hero. He's insanely disturbing and very creepy, endlessly touching and inspiring. A sensitive viewer is unlikely to be able to distract even for a second from the screen, from where Tom Hanks will look at him with his sometimes puzzled, sometimes detached, but always sad blue eyes. It seems that this novelty is one of the future participants in the Oscar race. The Topic of Article: Human factor. Review of Miracle on the Hudson. |
