It does seem that the Buchhiem character had broken free of something within himself to become "one of the guys" for a lack of better words. This would be evidenced most clearly in the scene during the second singing of the Tipperary Song and the scene on the bridge where the correspondent is shouting and laughing into the face of the stormy sea and is asked, "Have you gone craz
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In Das Boot, there seemed to be a few sub-plots running throughout the film. One I found interesting is the war corespondent's character. He seemed to be gay and trying to deal with his homosexuality. In the scene where he is taking pictures of the shirtless men loading torpedos- he seems to get a bit carried away and then a greasy rag is thrown into face. In an the opening of the movie in
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