RE: Helicopters!

["Forward, Jonathan" <JForward@sitgbsd1.telecom.com.au>]

>  Date: Monday, 5 August 1996 8:57AM

 Someone wrote:

>Here's one discussion I haven't seen yet.  Kate's unusual
>idiosyncratic (often nightmarish) use of the helicopter.

 Who hasn't swung a stick or weighted string through the
 air so quickly that it made a swooshing sound? There
 have even been tribal cultures in which the sound of the
 bullroarer accompanied, and was thought to be a
 significant element of, their rituals of communing with
 their gods. Sling a glass-eyed metal monster under a very
 loud, flying bullroarer and you'll make a big impression
 on a lot of people. Ever see Capricorn One? I bet the
 director didn't have to think twice about whether to use
 light planes or helicopters for the pursuit sequences.
 I believe also that the extensive use of helicopters in the
 Vietnam War ensured that their unique sound could be used to
 evoke a strong emotional response in just about any context.


 TSB