I really liked it! I would not have guessed from Wings (1927) and The Dawn Patrol—both of which are very traditionally plotted—that Saunders could write such a pure mood piece, which leaves me wondering about both the source material and the influence of the director, whose first English-language film this was. (Seriously, I know almost nothing about William Dieterle. I've wanted to see Sex in Chains (1928) for some time on general grounds of early queer cinema, A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) is a lot of star-studded fun and The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) is actually a terrific version of the story—a freaky New England Gothic with Walter Huston as a folksy, fiddle-playing Devil—but I have to resort to IMDb for the rest of his filmography. I would like very much to know if The Last Flight resembles his German films or if it really is its own thing entirely.) Either way, it really doesn't behave like any of its closest relatives, Hemingway included, and it didn't even end the way I was guessing. I recommend it pretty much without reservation, except for the sententious army doctors. [edit] Slightly more detailed reactions on LJ here.
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I really liked it! I would not have guessed from Wings (1927) and The Dawn Patrol—both of which are very traditionally plotted—that Saunders could write such a pure mood piece, which leaves me wondering about both the source material and the influence of the director, whose first English-language film this was. (Seriously, I know almost nothing about William Dieterle. I've wanted to see Sex in Chains (1928) for some time on general grounds of early queer cinema, A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) is a lot of star-studded fun and The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) is actually a terrific version of the story—a freaky New England Gothic with Walter Huston as a folksy, fiddle-playing Devil—but I have to resort to IMDb for the rest of his filmography. I would like very much to know if The Last Flight resembles his German films or if it really is its own thing entirely.) Either way, it really doesn't behave like any of its closest relatives, Hemingway included, and it didn't even end the way I was guessing. I recommend it pretty much without reservation, except for the sententious army doctors. [edit] Slightly more detailed reactions on LJ here.