On this episode of the Video Archives podcast, high above the clouds flies the second greatest pilot who ever lived, the great Waldo Pepper.

It was a time of heroes, daredevils and dames, and a time of Waldo.

A biplane pilot who missed flying in World War I takes up barnstorming on a quest for the glory he had missed out on during the war.

We focus in on director George Roy Hill, where this sits in his filmography, the stories he desired to tell

on the big screen, and the overall themes he brought to his films. Then, the film itself,

the powerful use of music and silence, the crazy real-life plain sense in how they were achieved,

and a scene in the movie that is so heart-wrenching,

you may just not recover. Roger and Quentin reached deep into the psyche of Waldo Pepper,

discussing chasing your dreams and the power of living a lie. It should have been me.

All of this and more on today's episode of the Video Archives podcast. I'm Gala Avery, and joining us now, here's Roger Avery and Quentin Tarantino.

And cut the Henry Mancini.

This is Doc Dillhoffer's Flying Video Arcade with Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avery.

This is Roger Avery, and I'm here with... Quinn Tarantino. And we're here today talking about one of my all-time very favorite films. I'm so excited to be here speaking about it. In fact, I'm a little nervous leading up to speaking about it. I love this film so much. Yeah, this is Roger Day here at the... This is definitely a Roger Day because the film that we're discussing is the Great

Waldo Pepper.

By George Roy Hill.

And starring Robert Redford.

And written by Wim Goldman.

Shot by Sertes.

And this is an absolutely technically magnificent movie.

I'm so thrilled to talk about it.

For me, on the Roger Index, this is as close as one can get to a perfect film.

Wow, cool.

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