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Re: U96, Szenen aus dem Seekrieg
Posted by:
Meg Rosenfeld
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Date: December 02, 2003 11:09PM
<HTML>Hi again--sorry, got interrupted by a phonecall. Knives and bucket--sounds ghoulish, but please do explain. Yes, the young guy in "Tage und Nächte" is sunny--good word! I also wondered whether the war was what made him so bitter. He did have an easier time than anyone who was on the front lines, but he was in the unique position of being able to sit back and observe--especially with the Kriegsmarine--from quite close. And, of course, even in the Loire Valley he managed to break his elbow in an air raid. Wouldn't that be a great movie scene! That book reminds me of a sort of twisted fairy-tale, where the hero is sent off on impossible quests, like in a nightmare when you finally get to the place you've been trying to reach but they instantly tell you you can't be there, you have to go someplace else. The train tracks have been bombed, there are no cars and no gasoline . . .
I know just how I'd film the final scene, too, pulling back and back so that there's the unconscious body sagging in the arms of the two Sani's in white, and the officers standing around looking perplexed, while the morning light streams into the big hall . . . . while the credits roll, we see Bartl, and the guy who drove the milk truck, creeping up to check on Buchheim as the Sani's fetch a stretcher and carry him out of the hall. Bartl nods to the milk-truck driver, who goes back to supervising his truck, and walks importantly alongside Buchheim, probably telling all about the amazing journey they've just had.
Well, that's one idea, anyway!
Gruß,
Meg</HTML>
I know just how I'd film the final scene, too, pulling back and back so that there's the unconscious body sagging in the arms of the two Sani's in white, and the officers standing around looking perplexed, while the morning light streams into the big hall . . . . while the credits roll, we see Bartl, and the guy who drove the milk truck, creeping up to check on Buchheim as the Sani's fetch a stretcher and carry him out of the hall. Bartl nods to the milk-truck driver, who goes back to supervising his truck, and walks importantly alongside Buchheim, probably telling all about the amazing journey they've just had.
Well, that's one idea, anyway!
Gruß,
Meg</HTML>
