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‘The Outpost’ Cinematographer on How the ‘Das Boot’ Submarine Inspired His Afghanistan Battle Scenes
Rod Lurie’s “The Outpost” is set at a military camp in Afghanistan completely surrounded by steep mountains. In 2009, the bowl-shaped natural coliseum was the stage for a deadly Taliban attack. Based ...
One of the most popular foreign-language films of all time, Wolfgang Petersen’s “Das Boot” adapts Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s novel about a German submarine crew fighting to survive WWII. The film is as ...
The 1981 film Das Boot became an unlikely hit because Wolfgang Petersen did a great job showing how claustrophobic life in a submarine, especially when it’s constantly under threat, can be. About ten ...
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