Films/DVD Asylum

"Das Boot" (1981) Dir. Wolfgang Petersen...

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mpathus

In Reply to: RE: Favorite Film? posted by Wendell Narrod on November 12, 2007 at 15:19:55

...According to Wikipedia, described by the director as "a journey to the end of reason".

I appreciate experiencing this film for its eye, tone, message, environment, historical roots, etc. -- I just like it, so it tops the list.

(The first two "Alien" films together take second favorite honors. Then: "Midnight Cowboy"...)

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RE: "Das Boot" was originally a TV mini series - grinagog 18:46:26 11/12/07 (1)
and this has been released on DVD; if you like the film release ( and/or the Directors cut ) then the TV series which fleshes out a lot of action and characters more, is worth checking out
Runs nearly 5 hours; the Amazon link doesn't have the "episodes" of the TV series, it runs the series together seamlessly as one l-o-n-g film
I have the 6-Part TV series as a (Japanese) laser disc boxed set
Grins
- Links here (Open in New Window)
Edits: 11/12/07 11/13/07
- RE: "Das Boot" was originally a TV mini series - mpathus 23:49:57 11/12/07 (0)
  Thanks, I didn't know that -- I'll seek it out.
  
  I usually love the director's cut, but felt the merciless monotony at sea was presented well enough in the original release. Perhaps my reading the book helped. Some of my favorite parts of the movie are scenes of problem solving which are conveyed better on screen than I can read about.
  
  Prochnow differs so physically compared to the book's Captain (more like Philip Seymour Hoffman?), but I couldn't envision any better choice for the film.

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