Behind-the-scenes insights into the making of Dunkirk
DUNKIRK FILM
Given the critical acclaim largely heaped upon it, it is easy to imagine how Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk might come to be seen as a new watershed in the making of movies with substantial aviation content. Its extensive use of real aeroplanes for the flying sequences is undoubtedly a major contributor to their vivid realism, and thus the effectiveness of the film’s approach. In reversing the tendency for such scenes to be contrived by way of computergenerated imagery, there is the hope that it will set a trend for others to follow.
Should that be the case, the film world may well again beat a path to Steven Moth’s door. The director of Warwickshire-based Spirit in the Sky, a consultancy specialising in the buying, selling and operating of historic aeroplanes, he headed up the aerial logistics side of Dunkirk. Steven had prior experience of aviation film work, but this still represented a steep learning curve. It was, after all, very different from anything he’d been involved with before.
The link in to Dunkirk came about through Steven’s past in the executive jet business. Having worked for TAG Aviation, h…
