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• 2022
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• Episode 21

The Flying Sailor: A Seaman’s Life Flashes Before His Eyes

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In a short film by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, two ships collide in a harbor, sending a passing sailor skyward as he contemplates the wonder and fragility of existence.

https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/the-new-yorker-documentary-flying-sailor?mbid=onthereel&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=video&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_mailing=thematic_video_112222&utm_medium=email&bxid=5be9ebfd3f92a404691104e5&cndid=25315071&sourcecode=thematic_onthereel&hasha=8f8286df667590fca912e34fbe8d5d55&hashb=5b8c2e17dffcbf0c0c869397b915be42b3158026&hashc=734931e3d70de36599cf55e6c828280f4491090de1b313bb071efcf011caa8ab&utm_term=Thematic_OnTheReel

Released on 11/18/2022

Transcript

[jingle plays]

[tender music]

[water bubbling]

[engine rumbling]

[horn blowing]

[cheerful music]

[tense music]

[cheerful music continues]

[whistle peeps]

[music slows]

[horns blowing vigorously]

[tense music]

[gulls crying]

[flames roaring]

[rumbling]

[rumbling stops]

[explosion roaring]

[buildings shattering]

[ear ringing]

[tender music]

[explosion roaring faintly]

[tender music continues]

[birds tweeting]

[dog barking]

[tender music continues]

[woman chattering]

[bell ringing]

[men singing]

[waves crashing]

[tender music continues]

[emotional music]

[emotional music continues]

[music fades]

[dramatic music]

[percussion crashing]

[percussion crashing]

[percussion crashing]

[percussion crashing]

[air rushing] [buildings crumbling]

[dramatic music climaxes]

[explosion roaring faintly]

[sailor breathing heavily]

[roaring intensifies]

[breathing continues] [roaring continues]

[alarm bells ringing]

[whistle blowing]