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Re: Das Boot: book or movie ?
Posted by:
Meg Rosenfeld
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Date: November 10, 2003 03:01PM
<HTML>Fellow-Boot-fanciers,
That is indeed an almost-miraculous story of the finding of the book! Is it in German or English? If the latter, it will be somewhat abridged.
The film is flashier and the book more profound. Having said that, honesty compels me to go on and say that a) this statement could be made of practically any book that's been made into a film--that's the nature of the two media-- and b) I love the film, especially the long, made-for-TV version, in German. As films go, it's about as profound (no puns intended) as you can get. Possibly the film is closer to perfection of its kind than the book is to perfection of ITS kind, though I think the book is a [very slightly flawed] masterpiece. I'm a reader not a viewer, so all the long descriptive passages which readers (especially male readers?) find so tedious are a delight to me. I would have to say that the ending, while technically the same in book and film, has a rushed, suddenly impersonal quality in the book, whereas the ending of the film is impeccable.
And that critique, my friends, is worth exactly what you paid for it.
Best regards,
Meg</HTML>
That is indeed an almost-miraculous story of the finding of the book! Is it in German or English? If the latter, it will be somewhat abridged.
The film is flashier and the book more profound. Having said that, honesty compels me to go on and say that a) this statement could be made of practically any book that's been made into a film--that's the nature of the two media-- and b) I love the film, especially the long, made-for-TV version, in German. As films go, it's about as profound (no puns intended) as you can get. Possibly the film is closer to perfection of its kind than the book is to perfection of ITS kind, though I think the book is a [very slightly flawed] masterpiece. I'm a reader not a viewer, so all the long descriptive passages which readers (especially male readers?) find so tedious are a delight to me. I would have to say that the ending, while technically the same in book and film, has a rushed, suddenly impersonal quality in the book, whereas the ending of the film is impeccable.
And that critique, my friends, is worth exactly what you paid for it.
Best regards,
Meg</HTML>