das boot !!!!!!!!!!!!!
das boot !!!!!!!!!!!!!
with out a doubt!!!!!!!!!!!!
Personally I think the er.....poetry in TRL was absolutely awful. Grunts from Louisiana tend not to wax lyrical about war, they can barely find the words to state that they want to go home.
"...where did this great evil come from?" Indeed!
When the characters aren't yapping in their terrible voice overs, the film is pretty good.
Tony
"...where did this great evil come from?" Indeed!
When the characters aren't yapping in their terrible voice overs, the film is pretty good.
Tony
Caldric....
THIN RED LINE is based on James Jones' experiences with G Company, 27th Infantry (Wolfhounds) on Guadalcanal. It is part of a trilogy (FROM HERE TO ETERNITY - THIN RED LINE - WHISTLE) based on four basic character - Top Sergeant - Cook Sergeant - Company Clerk - bonehead private, who re-occur (albeit with different names) in all the books.
Of all the books WHISTLE is the best, and most devastating - and should be read only when one is in a strong psychological state of mind.
The 1953 movie FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, as good as a film as it is, could not state the story as written because of the times. The little-scene made for television version from the late 70's had six hours to flesh out the story and with different times, started with the EM cruising gay areas, and pretending to get picked up, only to roll them to supplement their income so they could go to the New Congress Club (actually the New Senator Hotel which did exist in pre-war Honolulu)
James Jones was an unvarnished American who boxed on the G Company boxing team. For his hard-bitten views on the American experience during the war, see WW II (ISBN 0-448-11896-3, Grosett & Dunlap, 1975) - a collection of war art from the period with a text by JJ.
What directors do with his complicated works is open to interpretation - as the books unfold through what is going on in the minds of the participants.
When he died, the obituary in NEWSWEEK stated that Jones was "the non-com's Homer." Give the printed word a shot, and the celluloid will be much different.....
Cheers,
Ogorek
THIN RED LINE is based on James Jones' experiences with G Company, 27th Infantry (Wolfhounds) on Guadalcanal. It is part of a trilogy (FROM HERE TO ETERNITY - THIN RED LINE - WHISTLE) based on four basic character - Top Sergeant - Cook Sergeant - Company Clerk - bonehead private, who re-occur (albeit with different names) in all the books.
Of all the books WHISTLE is the best, and most devastating - and should be read only when one is in a strong psychological state of mind.
The 1953 movie FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, as good as a film as it is, could not state the story as written because of the times. The little-scene made for television version from the late 70's had six hours to flesh out the story and with different times, started with the EM cruising gay areas, and pretending to get picked up, only to roll them to supplement their income so they could go to the New Congress Club (actually the New Senator Hotel which did exist in pre-war Honolulu)
James Jones was an unvarnished American who boxed on the G Company boxing team. For his hard-bitten views on the American experience during the war, see WW II (ISBN 0-448-11896-3, Grosett & Dunlap, 1975) - a collection of war art from the period with a text by JJ.
What directors do with his complicated works is open to interpretation - as the books unfold through what is going on in the minds of the participants.
When he died, the obituary in NEWSWEEK stated that Jones was "the non-com's Homer." Give the printed word a shot, and the celluloid will be much different.....
Cheers,
Ogorek
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thin red line
regardless of factual/historical reality trl has some of the greatest humanistic responses ever depicted in a movie , "i'm twice the man you are" , the captains refusal to send send his men into a suicidal attack, and the reaction to a 'dear john' must rate among'nst the finest portrayls of men in combat in cinematic history.
cross of iron:movie, should'nt really rate a mention, read the book.
cross of iron:movie, should'nt really rate a mention, read the book.
"Das boot" and "Thin red line" were both directed (or produced, I don't really see the difference) by Wolfgang Petersen, who will (also) direct the movie version of one of my favourite books, "Ender's game". I guess you haven't heard of it or think it's childish and simple (it was, at many parts, childish, but even Matrix has humour in it, by simplicity it had no details in about how everything looked), but it was a good book. That book was the reason I am here (it gave me a thrill about tactics, which led me to a guy, who knows a lot about WWII, but, by a twist of fate, knows practically nothing of the tactics involved. Tried searching for it here, but no luck).
So, anyway, I just wanted to say that a thing I am really looking forward to has the same director, that "Das boot" had.
So, anyway, I just wanted to say that a thing I am really looking forward to has the same director, that "Das boot" had.
War is a matter of vital importance to the state. Hence, it is imperative that it be studied thoroughly - sun tzu
The truth of world war should be documented and it should not be treated as nazi propaganda.
The truth of world war should be documented and it should not be treated as nazi propaganda.