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Re: Authentic in spirit?
Posted by: Meg Rosenfeld ()
Date: May 11, 2004 09:19AM

hi Barry,

Lovely to see you again; hope it won't be too long before you're back among us!

As for the spirit of the book and movie, apparently many U-Boot vets found it true to life. The movie is more problematic, as there was quite a bit of disagreement about how noisy the men were when under attack. Movies have to make money; they make money by playing to their perceived audiance; young men like to watch things blow up. Look what happened with the Lord of the Rings films--excellent as they are, still there's way more violence than in the books. Violence sells!

Not veing a veteran, I'll guess that the source of nostalgia is the memory of the intense comradeship aboard ship, but I bet that even the terror and the grotty living conditions tend to lose some of their sting over time, if the veterans I know are any judge.

Warmest regards,
Meg

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Authentic in spirit? David W. 05/07/2004 05:19AM
Re: Authentic in spirit? Io Chrysafidou 05/07/2004 03:03PM
Re: Authentic in spirit? David W. 05/08/2004 03:22AM
Re: Authentic in spirit? Barry Scully 05/08/2004 06:54AM
Re: Authentic in spirit? Meg Rosenfeld 05/11/2004 09:19AM
Re: Authentic in spirit? Barry Scully 05/18/2004 03:38AM
Re: Authentic in spirit? Meg Rosenfeld 05/18/2004 09:33AM
Re: Authentic in spirit? Barry Scully 05/20/2004 03:48AM
Re: Authentic in spirit? Meg Rosenfeld 05/21/2004 10:41AM
Re: Authentic in spirit? Io Chrysafidou 05/18/2004 02:13PM
Re: Authentic in spirit? Barry Scully 05/20/2004 03:50AM
Re: Authentic in spirit? Wayne I. King 05/09/2004 11:21AM
Re: Authentic in spirit? ROBERT M. 05/10/2004 09:30PM
Re: Authentic in spirit?, reply Wayne King 05/15/2004 09:36AM
Re: Authentic in spirit?, reply ROBERT M. 05/15/2004 06:51PM


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