Movies and Films
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Re: An 'Allies'Das Boot ?
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cate
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Date: November 01, 2002 09:31AM
<HTML>Yep, there's loads of good u-boat stories out there that would make good films with plenty of action and human interest. I'm not familiar with Adams story, so I'll have to dig a bit and find out more. It sounds pretty gripping.
Bomber was great. I listen to Radio 4/world service a lot - it goes on at 6am and only goes off when I go to bed. I'm usually busy in and out during in the mornings and afternoons though, so I often miss the drama. You're right, the casts they assemble for some of their plays are astonishing, you could never mount productions like that in the theatre or on TV/Film. Far too expensive. Radio 4 is pretty good at releasing their stuff on audio cassettes - better than TV often, so maybe they'll release Ulysses. Or have done. Did you hear the dramatisation about HMS Thetis? Heartbreaking stuff, and aired spookily close to the Kursk disaster.
Another Sub Story with potential I think - the final mission of the U-234 and its role in the decision to drop the atomic bomb. Has everything - US involvement, Japanese involvement (funding and box office potential), tension and excitement breaking out of the harbour at the outset, mystery and conspiracy a la JFK, political sensitive manoueverings. And a genuine American story, not a purloined one
Still thinking about directors for Ulysses. Terry Malick (Badlands, Days of Heaven, Thin Red Line) did occur to me, because his films are so beatifully shot, I think he could do real justice to the Arctic setting, he can do action superbly well, and he is a very original film maker. But on reflection maybe he's too original - seems to have a bit of a problem with coherent narrative. His version would certainly be 'interesting' though it might have very little to do with the book at all by the finish. And would probably never get made of course
I think we need someone who would take the thing by the scruff of the neck though - do something very new and cinematically different with it. It should aim to be a classic and set a bench mark for a new generation, make people sit up and rethink their preconceptions about war films the way Petersen did. It shouldn't under any circumstances become plodding and run of the mill.
Not sure who though.
What are your thoughts?
Cate</HTML>
Bomber was great. I listen to Radio 4/world service a lot - it goes on at 6am and only goes off when I go to bed. I'm usually busy in and out during in the mornings and afternoons though, so I often miss the drama. You're right, the casts they assemble for some of their plays are astonishing, you could never mount productions like that in the theatre or on TV/Film. Far too expensive. Radio 4 is pretty good at releasing their stuff on audio cassettes - better than TV often, so maybe they'll release Ulysses. Or have done. Did you hear the dramatisation about HMS Thetis? Heartbreaking stuff, and aired spookily close to the Kursk disaster.
Another Sub Story with potential I think - the final mission of the U-234 and its role in the decision to drop the atomic bomb. Has everything - US involvement, Japanese involvement (funding and box office potential), tension and excitement breaking out of the harbour at the outset, mystery and conspiracy a la JFK, political sensitive manoueverings. And a genuine American story, not a purloined one
Still thinking about directors for Ulysses. Terry Malick (Badlands, Days of Heaven, Thin Red Line) did occur to me, because his films are so beatifully shot, I think he could do real justice to the Arctic setting, he can do action superbly well, and he is a very original film maker. But on reflection maybe he's too original - seems to have a bit of a problem with coherent narrative. His version would certainly be 'interesting' though it might have very little to do with the book at all by the finish. And would probably never get made of course
I think we need someone who would take the thing by the scruff of the neck though - do something very new and cinematically different with it. It should aim to be a classic and set a bench mark for a new generation, make people sit up and rethink their preconceptions about war films the way Petersen did. It shouldn't under any circumstances become plodding and run of the mill.
Not sure who though.
What are your thoughts?
Cate</HTML>
