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Apparently, we're neighbors - my house is two blocks from yours in Montreal. She said I should stop and see if you were alright.
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In the novel, the pilot "is flying a rotted plane, the canvas sheetings on the wing ripping open in the speed" (EP: 175), and crashes into the middle of nowhere, where Beduins are the only ones likely to find him.
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If this is so, why is the burnt man picked up by beduin tribesmen? The logic of the scene has been sacrificed for a cinematic effect. This is absurd: a plane shot down would immediately be inspected by the antiaircraft gunners, especially if there was a parachute. A few scenes situated in Italy are cut in before we return to the desert: "THE PILOT HAS BEEN RESCUED BY BEDUIN TRIBESMEN" (EP-SP: 6). 2 Their plane is shot down by a German anti-aircraft gun (EP-SP: 4) in a most dramatic opening scene which contrasts the peaceful lightness of flight (and song) with the horror of war and gunfire.