Das Boot (1981) - Full Reaction
Added 2024-05-28 22:34:11 +0000 UTCWell this was an experience for sure. Every emotion under the sun in one movie. The studio kept feeling smaller and smaller and the air seemed to be getting thinner. You could feel their misery and fear and it was interesting to see the humanity of the other side. For those wondering, this was the directors cut.
Comments
"This can't be. This cannot be.... What!? After all that! .... Oh my gosh. Oh, that was cruel. Holy crap.... It was like so draining to watch.... uncomfortable.... And you felt claustrophobic. And you felt bored.... And you felt hopeless.... It's a really sad ending. Ugh, wow.... Oh, I just feel so drained..... That was a hard watch."
Clay F
2024-10-19 17:14:16 +0000 UTCDid we not watch the same reaction or are you genuinely incapable of perceiving human emotion?
D
2024-10-19 14:06:49 +0000 UTCBest Movie ever like "Die Brücke" Bernhard Wicki 1957
TeddyK
2024-08-30 08:35:38 +0000 UTCBased on her outro, she didn't seem to like the movie?
Clay F
2024-06-04 03:17:25 +0000 UTCReally enjoyed Cassie's reaction. I think she did amazingly well. As a first watch without maritime knowledge this can be very tough to follow. It's very subtle in some places, sometimes it's not what is said but what is actually not. I can see why the Director's Cut has been chosen, it's a pretty good edit all along. I still prefer the extended TV cut, though. It sheds some more light in places that could've helped Cas understanding things. Whoever did the Youtube edit also deserves some credit, it contained all important reactions and is a great watch!
Marcus Laubner
2024-06-02 21:19:31 +0000 UTCIt was a long hard journey. I am glad I could take it with Cassie. Very well done movie. They made you feel it and live it with the crew. 40,000 men crewed the U-Boats during the war. And 30,000 never made it back. That tells you the hell it was fighting in the Atlantic for the U-Boats. Great reaction Cassie.
Rick Williams
2024-06-01 21:24:19 +0000 UTCQuite the intense movie, eh? If I'm not mistaken, isn't the most a diesel powered sub can stay underwater something on the order of 12 hours? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Carlos Stevens
2024-06-01 06:55:08 +0000 UTCWAIT A MINUTE! Isn't that Duke Leto Atradies? From the first Dune Movie??? heh... Never knew.
Carlos Stevens
2024-06-01 05:04:17 +0000 UTCAny body mention Ice Station Zebra, Howard Hughes favorite movie?
John
2024-06-01 01:58:17 +0000 UTCWe dive at dawn and Operation Disaster are pretty good British sub dramas
John
2024-06-01 01:55:24 +0000 UTC8 out of 10 are worse simply because it's all about the money, trying to cash in on others success irregardless of the crap produced.
John
2024-06-01 01:53:47 +0000 UTCIf you are ever in the Boston area there is the WWII Destroyer Cassin Young right next to the USS Constitution. Both can be toured (Pretty sure its also free). The Cassin Young was the same class of ship that was featured in the movie "Greyhound" with Tom Hanks!
JD
2024-05-31 23:08:15 +0000 UTCWhat you really learn from this film is that the foreign films are generally a lot less interested in providing a happy ending than American films (although I'm not so sure that that is the case for Indian movies - haven't seen enough). This is most obvious when an American studio remakes a successful foreign film (I would say that the results are mixed - you'll hear a lot of complaints that 'we ruined that film', but the changes usually affect the impact of the story; of course, exceptions exist).
2-Can
2024-05-31 21:16:31 +0000 UTCAdditional context on them abandoning the drowning sailors - there was an incident off the coast of Africa where a German U-Boot mounted a rescue mission to save the British and Polish crew and captive Italians on board the ship they just sank. They radioed on open frequencies to inform the Allies and to coordinate a cease-fire during the rescue. Midway through the rescue, using information gained during the rescue communications, an American bomber attacked the U-Boot, forcing them to ditch the survivors they were towing in order to avoid their own destruction. After this incident the crews of German ships were ordered to not attempt future rescues - a fact that was levied at them during the Nuremberg Trials but then dismissed when the victorious Allies realised they had to admit to their own war crimes in order to condemn the Germans. War is hellish, to put it mildly.
Laura Thornley
2024-05-31 03:30:44 +0000 UTCPartisans are another word for resistance fighters - aka La Resistance. They had a policy of 'punishing' anyone known or suspected of fraternising or collaborating with Germans or Italians. Women with German children were regularly forcibly shaved and thrown out of their homes - if they were lucky. Many others were hanged or shot.
Laura Thornley
2024-05-31 01:35:22 +0000 UTCI would add, Operation Petticoat to your list
Anjolie Lanel
2024-05-30 23:17:03 +0000 UTCu-571, Hunter Killer, K-19 the Widowmaker, The Enemy Below, Run Silent Run Deep, Down Periscope. really good submarine movies to watch still. Down Periscope is only comedy, which i think you should watch next. it really shows difference between what once was and what we have today.
Jimmy Reyes
2024-05-30 11:51:19 +0000 UTCYou asked about The Bends, the decompression sickness in The Abyss… The subs weren’t going that deep. Also there is a WWII diesel submarine, the USS Pampanito at the maritime museum in San Francisco. It’s been used in a few movies and you can tour it and in some cases even spend the night on it. Definitely wroth checking out if you’re ever in the SF Bay Area.
djKENTO
2024-05-30 05:08:04 +0000 UTCI don't know if you watched the credits till the end, "This story is based on actual events." Because the German submariners and U Boats were so much better then the Italians, whenever a German U Boat made it to Italy the British immediately launched an all out do or die attack against it. They could not let a weapon system that deadly operate in the Med.
Gregory Costello
2024-05-30 03:44:02 +0000 UTCHey just a heads up for both versions of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo… Sexual assault plays a pretty major part in the first half of the movie so be aware and brace for that.
djKENTO
2024-05-30 03:07:19 +0000 UTCCassie you need to see a good funny comedic submarine movie. Watch Down Periscope
Jimmy Reyes
2024-05-30 01:57:01 +0000 UTCCassie the German's lost, we took them down in Germany. this was always going to be the finale.
Jimmy Reyes
2024-05-30 01:56:04 +0000 UTCCassie will enjoy "The Enemy Below" after this!
Ben Livingstone
2024-05-30 00:59:10 +0000 UTCInitially, I had some fears whether Cassie would be able to fully connect with the characters and narrative due to the language barrier and the "enemy" setting. However, these reservations were proven entirely baseless. Cassie was fully onboard with the crew (pun intended) sharing their ordeal, and taking a deep breath of relief every time the sub surfaced. Despite having watched the film twice previously, its effect on me has never been as intense as this occasion. This type of exceptionally emotional and powerful reaction is one of the reasons why I've been here on Patreon for so long.
Gábor Árki
2024-05-29 20:47:46 +0000 UTCI had to break this up into 2-parts. LoL. This was riveting when it came out and it’s still (to me) one of the greats cinematography-wise. I’ll watch the second half tonight. BTW, I share your fear of the ocean. I don’t do cruises. I drink SMALL bottles of water - the Titanic movie is a horror film to me. Oh, I can swim like a shark! But I hate being in water that can submerge entire cities. I have what’s called “Thalassophobia” and I barely made it through water survival school in Pensacola many, many years ago. Laying in a one-person raft, at night, somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico, miles from shore, with a cheap not-so-waterproof-PRC90 radio, while being occasionally “bumped” by much better swimmers with teeth that weigh more than me and my raft? [shivers] I still get hives thinking about it. Submarines? Forget it. That’s my worse nightmare.
Ike
2024-05-29 19:46:07 +0000 UTCRelated True Stories: "K-19: The Widowmaker" (2002) Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson "Deepwater Horizon" (2016) Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson, John Malkovich. Directed by Peter Berg. related fiction: "Operation Petticoat" (1959) comedy "Gray Lady Down" (1978) Down Periscope" (1996) comedy
JAKH
2024-05-29 19:02:02 +0000 UTCYeah, I've really wanted her to finish that trilogy, especially now that the new edit is out
Chris Retzlaff
2024-05-29 16:40:50 +0000 UTCOr the prequel - Das Sock.
2-Can
2024-05-29 15:26:41 +0000 UTCI wonder if we'll get a reaction to the Das Boot sequel, Beerfest. 😉
Marvin Just Marvin
2024-05-29 14:36:51 +0000 UTCI also recommend Greyhound as a counterpoint to Das Boot and as a fun fact the Canadian corvette code name Dickie in Greyhound was modeled after HMCS Sackville which is now a museum ship in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For a complete change of pace I would also like to recommend Operation Petticoat.
Joseph H Searles
2024-05-29 14:01:25 +0000 UTCHey Cassie love your work. Been a fan for awhile now. I just finished watching both of your "Godfather" reactions. I am BEGGING you to watch the third one, if for no other reason for continuity's sake... just to finish the storyline. It was nominated for Best Picture but has for some reason gotten a bad rap. Andy Garcia as Vincent Corleone (the son of Sonny's mistress) is my favorite character in the entire trilogy. Also has Bridget Fonda, Pacino... everyone is back minus Robert Duvall, plus a bunch of new faces. Set in the 90's with the financial corruption of the Catholic church as the backdrop. It has a MUCH different vibe than #2... still sad parts of course, but the overall tone is not bleak and hopeless. Anyway, I will keep my eyes open for a poll. In the meantime keep up the great work. https://youtu.be/4vHLc8g4C2o
Kit Taylor
2024-05-29 13:08:46 +0000 UTCYeah.. I agree, and TGWTDT soon 😃. Hmm... I know another swedish movie that would be perfect 🥰🥰😇😇
Björn Karlsson
2024-05-29 10:20:03 +0000 UTCIf you want to see the documentary about the film Das Boot, it is in German with English subs and is called: Das Boot Revisited - an underwater success story (2021)
Daniel Fuchs
2024-05-29 09:17:03 +0000 UTCI've been waiting so long for another European movie reaction and it is finally here. 😃 Thank you for watching the Director's Cut. I probably wouldn't have been able to watch along this full reaction if it were for the theatrical cut, because that is practically unobtainable here (even on Jack Sparrow land). Not an easy movie to watch and this will only be my third time. DAS BOOT stands out not only for its technical achievements in film-making but also for its profound human storytelling. Wolfgang Petersen meticulously recreated the submarine setting to provide an authentic experience of the cramped and tense conditions under which the crew of a WW2 U-boat operated, and the psychological pressures they faced. By focusing on the human element rather than the politics of war he made it possible to empathize with the point of view of a German crew, which was a risky take. Most movies before simply depicted the war in a very binary fashion: heroes on one side and faceless villains on the other. But by getting an insight into the German's perspective it makes you reflect on the complexities and moral ambiguities of war. At the end, despite all the horrific acts they committed, a lot Germans did not fight because they were evil or for the Nazi ideologies. They fought due to a sense of duty to their country, loyalty to their comrades, and simply because they were individuals caught in the machinery of war without an alternative. I remember my grandmother telling some stories. When Hungary tried to jump out of WW2 the Nazis got wind of the plans and quickly invaded the country in March, 1944. She was 9 years old at the time. The village her family lived in had to house some of the occupying troops. She said they were quite respectful to the villagers apart from their young commanding officer who wasn't very nice. They were Wehrmacht troops, and mostly elderly, conscripted soldiers. They were very poorly fed, so a lot of them were trading in their rations or did some chores around the houses for some home cooked meals and wine. One of the rations they got a lot of was a dense, oven-proof fruit jam dispersed in brick-shaped blocks. It has been nicknamed by the locals "Hitler bacon", and the housewives loved to use it for baking. I remember my grandma was still calling it like this when I grew up. She also said that when their officers were not around they often expressed their true opinions about the war. They hated it, called Hitler a fool and an idiot and they just wanted to go home to their families. I can also recommend watching GREYHOUND, which showcases the perspective of the convoys hunted by the U-boats. I think watching it while the experience of DAS BOOT is still fresh would provide another unique layer to the complex feelings this movie provided.
Gábor Árki
2024-05-29 09:11:08 +0000 UTCThere were those negatively affected by the Holocaust, Jewish or not, who reported letting some of those negative feelings go, to some degree or another. That really large group I described should know what long stretches of boredom, horrid food, hours or days of sheer terror, your fate not really in your hands feels like. If any of that group felt sympathy then they were tapping into that feeling and not wishing their pain on to some they might have seen as more ‘kindred spirit.’ So, there’s all that AND when the West German industries were really getting back, country looking clean and shiny, been behaving ourselves for, what, 35 years or so. Here’s a movie that lets you know that Nazis are bad and did horrid things, let’s move forward, especially with business ventures, we like those, we sell REALLY cool cars….. anyway. We don’t want to conquer anyone, in fact, we’re SO taking loan applications through DeutscheBank, their card is in the handouts we gave you…. We haven’t forgotten but we’re not doing it again……. Our agronomists can come to your countries to help produce more food, last thing.” This was a very well done, propaganda piece, ironically enough.
Lamar Smith
2024-05-29 08:06:21 +0000 UTCOk, Dearest Cassie, you hated that ending but please understand the political context it was in. Filmmakers in Germany are wanting to show great film they know fell well will get across the Iron Curtain. They WANT it to be. So, Wolfgang Peterson has got some HUGE ideas: bring a mockup of the conning tower….. in a studio……. set up a literal jet engine…… and drop water into its exhaust stream….. but the cameras nice and clean and dry to get the best shot…… oh, oh, oh….. the conning tower needs to be on some sort of hydraulic system to simulate the up and down of waves……. Waitaminit! Light bulb!….. what if we do the hydraulic thing on the whole sub!!??!!….. simulate the effect of a depth charge going off?……. We’ll shake a good performance out of actors! Hold on, one objected, “Let’s say we give you the hydraulics…… how are you going to capture the flurry of bodies through the sub in all those scenes; you going to just shoot pieces sidewise? Peterson: “Not once, we’ve invented a new camera mount that mounts to his torsion bar that allows free but stabilized views as if it’s in the crew’s eyes! We’re calling it SteadyCam. Our camera is going through every tight hatch right with the crew.” Another executive chimed in, “Well, the movie concept is great….. that’s kind of the problem, isn’t it? We cannot afford to back a movie that can be seen as, at ALL, pro-Nazi. Anderson responded solemnly with words very near your own. “This isn’t a ‘war’ movie. This is a movie about people living DURING ‘war’ movie……. Plus we kill most of off and sink the sub and most of the characters are already Hitler-haters and the rest arc that way, so, let’s go make a hit!’ That utterly fictional history of the technical aspect, this film did get some pushback because it ‘humanized’ Nazis/Germans. However, in the millennial old Jewish communities where questions such as this are publicly and vigorously debated, the question was first posed: is humanizing Nazis good or bad? Of course a fraction was for always demonize them to the fullest. Especially amongst Camp Survivors, you read that many thought the Nazis they reacted with perfectly horrid but seeing a different side, like you said, Dearest Cassie, of the ‘other’ side only to realize they’re really the same side, young men doing the best they can in life or death situations. It was an absolutely ground-breaking film but I leave it to you to decide where it fit in your ever-growing pantheon.
Lamar Smith
2024-05-29 07:49:29 +0000 UTCIt’s got Tom Hanks, I’m just saying.
Lamar Smith
2024-05-29 07:23:59 +0000 UTCWords 👍👍
Björn Karlsson
2024-05-29 06:12:56 +0000 UTCReally? I feel like most of the war movies made in the last 50 years are anti-war movies.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-05-29 05:53:59 +0000 UTCHa. I remember Steven Wright.
Clay F
2024-05-29 05:41:10 +0000 UTC+ 1 for "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
Clay F
2024-05-29 05:35:39 +0000 UTCIt was originally shot as a double feature in mind because it was co-produced by multiple German TV stations. So, they shot a lot more footage than was planned to be used in the theatrical cut with the intention of making a series out of it. The miniseries version was created in two versions: 6*50 minute or 3*100 minute long episodes depending on the station airing them. This was released on Blu-ray in the 6 episode format with the total runtime of 308 minutes. Petersen's first theatrical cut was actually much closer to the later DC version. But the consensus at the time was that people won't buy a ticket if a movie is more than 2-2.5 hours long, so it got trimmed down to 149 minutes. The DC version released in the 90s has a 209 minute runtime adding back an hour of footage. But the miniseries version has ~100 minutes more still compared to this version.
Gábor Árki
2024-05-29 05:15:42 +0000 UTCIf you still have Apple from MotA, give greyhound a try, see the battle of the Atlantic from the convoy perspective.
Bubba Fett
2024-05-29 04:03:54 +0000 UTCThis is also why there were the women (some with young children, conceived during the war like with Francoise) getting their heads shaved and publicly shamed in that one Band of Brothers episode.
That one guy
2024-05-29 03:38:31 +0000 UTCAn interesting thing to note: There are multiple scenes where one of the officers is sitting there typing into a box, that's the Enigma machine, a device used to decode and encode messages. When they say they received a coded message, they have to configure the Enigma and type in the message to extract the plain text message from it. Breaking this encryption, and being able to read these orders to submarines is the focus of the movie The Imitation Game. There is considerable information about this little device and the techniques used to combat it.
deskmerc
2024-05-29 03:24:20 +0000 UTCThis is such a great movie. The ending is really tough, and I know it was hard for you, but it is such an important perspective. The entire move keeps you locked in. You genuinely can feel the desperation. As others mentioned, I hope you will watch Tom Hanks in Greyhound, if not for the channel, then on your own. It shows the surface side of the Battle of the Atlantic and ties in well with this movie. It's probably one that Carly could handle also. You asked why they were concerned about the young crewman's pregnant girlfriend; If the Partisans (the French Resistance ) found out about her relationship with a German, they would have considered her a traitor. She would have been in very grave danger. Thanks again for another great reaction.
Michael West
2024-05-29 03:06:44 +0000 UTCTook a tour through the U-Boat 505 Submarine in Griffin Museum of Science and Industry Chicago. The movie got the proportions right. Even more so in person. https://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/u-505-submarine/
Edward korstanje
2024-05-29 02:57:03 +0000 UTCRe: the mechanics of submarines of this era, remember that diesel engines require air to work. The reason these submarines look so different from modern submarines (more like a surface boat than just a big metal tube) is because they're designed to go above water the vast majority of the time, where there's air for the diesel engines. When underwater, they either need to run shallow and pop up a "snorkel" (i.e., a metal pipe to poke above the water) that sucks in air for the engine, or go very slowly using very limited battery power. And if they do run with the snorkel, they shouldn't do it for very long, because the engines are going to be leaking diesel fumes into the main compartment the entire time. That's why they can't just zip away, and instead have to creep around as deep as they can go. Diving was just a special maneuver you used to either sneak up or escape. That's also why their submarine has a big gun on the deck for surface fighting, which isn't something you see nowadays. Modern submarines, like in Hunt for Red October, have nuclear power, or else lots of batteries and/or special engines designed to run underwater, and so spend as much time as possible underwater. Nuclear ones can stay purely underwater for months at a time, using seawater and their endless electricity to make fresh oxygen and drinking water. Also, if you're curious, the Tom Hanks movie Greyhound does a pretty good job of showing what the fighting was like for the destroyers on the surface trying to fight u-boats in WWII.
That one guy
2024-05-29 02:51:52 +0000 UTCAfter this watch, I think Cassie’s callsign should be “CRASH; and Carly’s callsign should be “COACH”. That way “Cass and Carr” can be “CRASH and COACH”.
Uncle Phoenix
2024-05-29 02:51:08 +0000 UTCFor a view of the other side of u-boat/surface ship combat, I’d recommend the excellent “Greyhound”, starring Tom Hanks and currently streaming on Apple TV.
Just Plain Bob
2024-05-29 02:47:00 +0000 UTCOne of the very few anti war movies
Russell Teo
2024-05-29 02:33:37 +0000 UTCre: This submarine compared with modern submarines Modern submarines are nuclear powered, so they can stay submerged for a very long time. They also have far more power available, so they can afford to be roomier. This submarine was diesel powered, so it needs to stay on the surface as much as possible, diving only when it must. Being so limited in power, they also must be as compact as possible. P.S. This might be why Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was able to stow away on the surface of that submarine rather than either drowning or somehow hiding inside.
Wally Hartshorn
2024-05-29 02:32:58 +0000 UTCAlso, fun fact, others have mentioned the sub and the submarine docks were used in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Also the film was shot in sequence so that the crew could grow their beards while shooting, and to make them look pale most of the crew lived on the set of the sub with only the sub lights to make them look pale. The set was built on a gimble which was also turned on from time to time while they were sleeping.
Damien beatty
2024-05-29 02:22:57 +0000 UTCThis is a great movie! Not only is it the greatest sub movie ever made, but it is also one of the greatest war films as well.
Damien beatty
2024-05-29 02:16:03 +0000 UTCThat movie made me want to know how to put together a battery. I know it’s not that complicated, but seriously how many people know how to put one together?
Uncle Phoenix
2024-05-29 02:14:33 +0000 UTCWolfgang Petersen—The man knows suspense. The same director as Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Outbreak, and In the Line of Fire. Of course, also the director of The Neverending Story. Cassie, your reaction at the end was surprising. You did remember that Germany lost the war, right? There was likely never really going to be a "happily ever after" for that crew.
D. T. Nelson
2024-05-29 01:42:15 +0000 UTC“I like to fill my tub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I'm in a submarine that's been hit.” - Steven Wright
2-Can
2024-05-29 01:37:08 +0000 UTCA shattering movie. I can't imagine a worse way to have to go to war. It's a testament to this movie that you feel nothing but sympathy for these guys, despite their position as unhappy pawns on the wrong side of history.
Dryfesands
2024-05-29 01:22:18 +0000 UTCHas anyone else been having Trouble with the reaction video? Like every 20-30 seconds it freezes then skips ahead to catch up. Been noticing it for the past few reactions so far.
Alex Gorell
2024-05-29 01:06:02 +0000 UTCCan’t wait to watch this reaction to the greatest submarine warfare movie ever made (and one of the best movies of any genre). I’m also very happy to hear that Cassie will be reacting to “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”, hopefully sooner rather than later.
Just Plain Bob
2024-05-29 00:32:34 +0000 UTCDown deep in a tiny tin can... this submariner thing was definitely NOT for Cassie! Then the horror.
Terry Yelmene
2024-05-29 00:23:00 +0000 UTCGoing to have to watch this one on the weekend...need to eat, and sleep, and go to work...grrrrr...
Steve Mercier
2024-05-29 00:16:28 +0000 UTCOne of those classic movies I have never seen, settling down for a long reaction with you
Choof
2024-05-28 23:39:39 +0000 UTCThank you SO Much for using the Director's Cut on this one, Cassie! Anxious to see the reaction! It's a great piece of filmmaking and the acting is tremendous. As an aside I actually ended up (OK, volunteered to be on) on a small 2-man sub about six months after seeing this film. The sub I was in went down to the modest depth of 260+ feet and we did some maneuvers on a sandy shelf and I got to operate a couple robotic arms (it was a small Navy probe/research sub and rated to 1,300 ft, so modest for that craft). That was without depth charges and me holding my claustrophobia (which can be severe, but I just couldn't say no to the opportunity) at arms length the whole time. I can honestly say, been there, done that and never again.
Above Average Dave
2024-05-28 23:35:24 +0000 UTCSo, the 4:40 hrs version is not better?
E. D.
2024-05-28 23:35:13 +0000 UTCIt's a good movie.
thansen
2024-05-28 23:05:09 +0000 UTCIronically, this is NOT the longest version. The release order is a little confusing. I think it was originally shot as a 6 hour movie, cut down to 2.5 hours for theatrical release, possibly to be eligible for Academy Awards ( when they meant something). Re-released in 85 as a 3 part mini series, ( which I believe this is what you are watching) then re-released again in its entirety, over 6 1 hour episodes.
Brian McGovern
2024-05-28 22:56:55 +0000 UTCand now time for the American jingoistic schlock counterpart... U-571 STARRING JON BON JOVI oh and Matthew McConaughey.
djKENTO
2024-05-28 22:55:03 +0000 UTCBICYCLE THIEVES for sure. Also, TOKYO STORY.
Matt Rose
2024-05-28 22:52:46 +0000 UTCHa! I posted the same thing at the same time just a few posts down. You beat me by seconds!
Matt Rose
2024-05-28 22:52:17 +0000 UTCThe Tom Clancy books give a lot of information about life on subs: the first deep dive is quite unnerving with the hull creaking, and the ballast tanks flooding sounds like "a thousand toilets being flushed at once"! Takes a certain kind of person I guess!😬
Chris Clarke
2024-05-28 22:49:34 +0000 UTCI’m so happy. This was my dad’s favorite movie. Love this channel. I hope you guys love this movie too.
Uncle Phoenix
2024-05-28 22:45:58 +0000 UTCWhat made DAS BOOT so revolutionary at the time is that it was the first submarine film to really capture the oppressively claustrophobic atmosphere, the filth and grime, and not least of all, the intense fear of being in a submersible vessel. The camerawork was innovative because it moved through the submarine set in long extended takes (passing through the manholes swiftly and providing the viewer with the geography) without having to use too many cuts (whereas submarine movies prior to this look like they take place in a nice comfy sound stage). The model work in DAS BOOT is also phenomenal (remember that this was before the advent of CGI) and the sound design is fully immersive. This was the movie that made German filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen an International sensation. He would go on to direct such successful blockbusters as THE NEVERENDING STORY, IN THE LINE OF FIRE, OUTBREAK, PERFECT STORM and AIR FORCE ONE. Thank you for watching this film. I can't wait to see this reaction. :-)
Stick Figure Studios
2024-05-28 22:44:43 +0000 UTCI was on the U-boat that they have in the Chicago Science museum - the real thing, not a mockup. While it looks large, most of it consists of ballast tanks & engine so the living quarters are insanely cramped. Can't imagine how 50 men lived on that boat, hearing the hull cracking and popping around them, waiting for a depth charge to get too close...
John Drake
2024-05-28 22:40:55 +0000 UTCCassie: as a fun heads up, the exterior mockup of the U Boat was also used in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK in the third act.
Matt Rose
2024-05-28 22:40:37 +0000 UTCI would love to "sail" on a submarine, but only for a few hours: they're not known for their comforts or privacy (although I gather the chefs are fairly decent)!
Chris Clarke
2024-05-28 22:39:27 +0000 UTCI remember the intense experience the first time I watched this. I'm so glad you finally watched this one.
Damon
2024-05-28 22:37:19 +0000 UTCSo excited to watch this. I hope this opens the door for more foreign films being watched on this channel from Dragon Tattoo and Bicycle Thieves to many more besides! Every one of those films on the poll and many more deserve a watchthrough. Hopefully Cinema Paradiso for next popcorn pick of the month? It’ll be worth of your Kleenex and time @cassie! ❤️❤️❤️
AC5555
2024-05-28 22:37:16 +0000 UTCTrivia: the submarine used in Das Boot, is the same submarine that Indiana Jones gets on in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Both movies were in production at the same time.
Brian McGovern
2024-05-28 22:37:09 +0000 UTCWOW, Got to cook up some popcorn for this one. Way to go Cass.
Uncle Phoenix
2024-05-28 22:36:54 +0000 UTCI love feeling claustrophobic 😏
Wes
2024-05-28 22:36:43 +0000 UTCOne of the best movies on WW II.
Bill Maurer
2024-05-28 22:36:32 +0000 UTCOh hell yes. That's my next 3 hours well and truly sorted.
Matt Rose
2024-05-28 22:36:26 +0000 UTC
