5,000 FEET IS THE BEST
Title: 5,000 FEET IS THE BEST
Original title: 5,000 FEET IS THE BEST
Section: Carte blanche: Rotterdam FF
Director: Omer Fast
Cast list: Denis O'Hare, Gabriel Gutierrez, Eddie B. Smith
Credits:
screenplay: Omer Fast; director of photography: Yon Thomas; editor: Omer Fast; sound: Jochen Jezussek; production design: Anthony Stabley; producer: Daniel Desure; production: Commonwealth Projects;
Country: USA, France, Ireland
Year: 2011
Running time: 27
Colour: Colour
Format: HD CAM (HDTV)
Film based on meetings with anonymous Predator drone pilots from the US military, operating the un-manned flights over Afghanistan and Pakistan. A drone operator discusses his daily routine. Off camera and off the record, he describes recurring incidents in which the unmanned plane fired at both militants and civilians - and the psychological difficulties he experienced as a result. Director Fast mixes fact and fiction, merging documentary shots of war zones with happy Las Vegas feature-film images. He erases reality by inventing his own, which is nonetheless true.

















