I’ve been watching the director’s cut of Das Boot, in shifts over the last four days. Next time I might leave the subtitles off so there will be no distractions from the visuals. Who knew one cramped, sweaty little iron tube could generate so many kick ass camera angles?

Don’t know if I’ll watch the end again though. That hurt.

The first time I saw Das Boot was also the director’s cut, but actually in a theatre, back in undergrad at Waterloo. That was the first and last time I’ve watched a movie with a honest to god intermission. There are references to a 5 or maybe 6 hour “TV version” of the movie. Maybe in another 10 years I’ll have a go at that. It would probably be worth it, it’s quite a film.

And here’s a link to a beta version of an .ogg format media player loaded with a chunk of a 1991 rave remix of the main theme from the movie.