term of art

The NYT has audio and transcripts of 9/11 chatter up here, much of which was used in United 93. Not this portion though, which I find rather touching. The Army is looking for info from the FAA.

Watson
We’re checking to get some information from you, if we could.
Scoggins
O.K., what would, what do you need?
Watson
We need call sign, type aircraft.
Scoggins
It’s ah American 11.
Watson
American 11?
Scoggins
Type aircraft is a, uh, 767.
Watson
And, number of souls on board, do you know that?
Scoggins
Uh, I don’t, know, hold on. Hey Dan, do we got souls on board, and all that information?
Scoggins
No. We don’t have any of that information.
Watson
You don’t have any of that? O.K.

The U.S. Department of Defense Does Tom Blog

(thanks for many of these to the great people at Retronaut)

“Four Nights with Anna” (2008)

Jerzy Skolimowski didn’t make a movie for 17 years, then came back with this meticulous, immensely sad story about a lumpy, inarticulate middle-aged man who becomes obsessed with a nurse living across the way. He manages to mix some sleeping powder into her tea, and each evening after she passes out he slips into her room and spends the night there, sewing buttons on her clothes, painting her toenails, and laying his head on the pillow beside hers so he can feel the closeness of another human being. In one long sequence Anna has just celebrated her birthday; when she goes to sleep, Leon puts on his suit and enters her flat, then picks at the leftovers while making small talk with himself, before hiding a diamond ring where the girl will find it someday. There’s a little bit more to the story than this, but not much; it’s a pretty minimalist affair without really feeling like one. Between Skolimowski’s boundless grace with a camera and Artur Steranko’s quiet, absorbing performance, I was shaken by the end of it.