Film "Das Boot" Best Version

flag4 · 03-29-13, 02:16 PM

the TV mini series that becomes the full length nearly five hours worth - is without question THE best version, because it resembles as much as possible the book by Lothar-Gunther Bucheim which in its self is a classic. and the tv mini series that becomes the full length nearly five hours worth of film is what he wanted any way - he was looking for about six hours...

90% of the time nothing happens.
its the 10% that decides whether you live or die.

happy viewing, you are in for a real treat if you've never seen the full length before.

(I prefer it with English subtitles - somehow their own language adds another level of realism.)

as an afterthought, Wolfgang Petersen who directs the film - to keep the realism thing going, travelled to different parts of Germany looking for actors who had the accents for the different crew personnel who came from these regions, so as to keep as much as possible to the book and the realism. Bucheim was not happy with the finished product and accused Petersen of turning War in to Hollywood - glamourising a miserable and deadly profession.
Petersen defended this by saying he had to get the German people in to see it - then, they could decide what they thought. the German people were not ready to confront their past, so he had to ease them in a little with a bit of poetic license. it became the highest grossing film in German history and the most expensive to make......and that last fact may still stand?

ps. if I have miss fired on information, please correct me

03-29-13, 02:16 PM	#11
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	the TV mini series that becomes the full length nearly five hours worth - is without question THE best version, because it resembles as much as possible the book by Lothar-Gunther Bucheim which in its self is a classic. and the tv mini series that becomes the full length nearly five hours worth of film is what he wanted any way - he was looking for about six hours... 90% of the time nothing happens. its the 10% that decides whether you live or die. happy viewing, you are in for a real treat if you've never seen the full length before. (I prefer it with English subtitles - somehow their own language adds another level of realism.) as an afterthought, Wolfgang Petersen who directs the film - to keep the realism thing going, travelled to different parts of Germany looking for actors who had the accents for the different crew personnel who came from these regions, so as to keep as much as possible to the book and the realism. Bucheim was not happy with the finished product and accused Petersen of turning War in to Hollywood - glamourising a miserable and deadly profession. Petersen defended this by saying he had to get the German people in to see it - then, they could decide what they thought. the German people were not ready to confront their past, so he had to ease them in a little with a bit of poetic license. it became the highest grossing film in German history and the most expensive to make......and that last fact may still stand? ps. if I have miss fired on information, please correct me __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut