Air Force, Incorporated

Infobox Film
name = Air Force, Incorporated


image_size = 225
caption = Theatrical poster
director = Enrique Piñeyro
producer = Executive Producer: Verónica Cura Producer: Enrique Piñeyro
writer = Enrique Piñeyro
narrator =
starring = Enrique Piñeyro
music = Eduardo Criscuolo
cinematography = Ramiro Civita Marcelo Lavintman Juan Pablo Marini
editing = Alejandro Brodersohn Lorenzo Bombicci Germán Cantore
distributor = Aqua Films
released = Argentina: August 31, 2006
runtime = 85 minutes
country = Argentina
language = Spanish
budget =
website = http://www.aquafilms.com.ar/ingles/films_fasa_ingl.html
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0853112

"Air Force, Incorporated" ( _es. Fuerza aérea sociedad anónima) (2006) is an Argentine documentary written and directed by Enrique Piñeyro. The picture was executive produced by Aqua Films' Verónica Cura and produced by Enrique Piñeyro. [imdb title|id=0853112|title=Fuerza aérea sociedad anónima]

ynopsis

The documentary portrays a behind-the-scenes look at the poor state of Argentina's civil aviation, and puts the blame on the Argentine Air Force. The Air Force has been in control of air traffic operations since the military takeover of General Juan Carlos Onganía in 1966.

The producer/director, Enrique Piñeyro, claims Argentina and Nigeria are the only countries whose air force controls and regulates the airline industry.

Piñeyro, a former Argentine airline pilot, makes his case in the documentary using diagrams, 3D animations, interviews, hidden cameras in the control tower, and a few props. For example, at one point he spills out a bag of plastic airplanes and equates it to the number of planes the air force has lost due to negligence.

The film is heavily based on the Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 plane crash.

Enrique Piñeyro takes his camera, secretly, into the control tower of the Ministro Pistarini International Airport also-known-as Ezeiza, the international airport at Buenos Aires.

Background

The basis of the documentary was Enrique Piñeyro's experiences in the Argentine aviation industry. Piñeyro was an airline pilot from 1988 to 1999, and resigned in June 1999.

The documentary is not his first portraying the Argentine airline industry. In 2004 he wrote, directed, and produced "Whisky Romeo Zulu," a film that depicted the general corrosive deregulation, greedy cost-cutting corporations, and corrupt government officials, found in the Argentine airline industry.

References

External links

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* [http://www.cinenacional.com/peliculas/index.php?pelicula=5929 "Fuerza aérea sociedad anónima"] at cinenacional.com sp icon.
* [http://www.cineismo.com/criticas/fuerza-aerea-sociedad-anonima.htm "Fuerza aérea sociedad anónima"] at Cineismo sp icon.
* [http://www.avmag.com.ar/n12/pineyro-fuerzaaereasociedadanonima.htm Enrique Piñeyro] interview. sp icon.