![]() ![]() One only hopes we get two films from him in 2023. We have no idea if it’ll even be released this year. McQueen also has his WWII film “Blitz,” starring Saoirse Ronan in post-production. I’m already wondering how I’ll fit this one into my schedule. The festival is quite chaotic in that you hop from one screening to the next without much room for a snack or coffee - not to mention having to write reviews and blog entries. The Cannes’ website lists the film at a whopping 262 minutes. After a shared tragedy, the siblings Klaus (Rick Okon) and Hannie Hoffmann (Rosalie Thomass) find their way back to each other. Location shooting included segments shot in the La Pallice bunkers. Resistance to the Nazis grows within the Kriegsmarines own ranks. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen Released in 1981 after two years of filming Das Boot (The Boat) was, at the time of production, the most expensive German film in history, costing 30 million Deutsche Marks (US40 million). What emerges is both devastating and life-affirming, an expansive meditation on memory, time, and where we’re headed. In the fourth season of 'Das Boot', the brutal submarine war in the Mediterranean Sea comes to a head, while intrigues and secrets spread through Berlin. McQueen creates two interlocking portraits: a door-to-door excavation of the Nazi occupation that still haunts his adopted city, and a vivid journey through the last years of pandemic and protest. The past collides with our precarious present in Steve McQueen’s bravura documentary Occupied City, informed by the book Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945) written by Bianca Stigter. Based on Cannes’ official synopsis of the film, it seems to be more than just about war: With a $5M+ budget, this isn’t your average doc, it’s also being produced by A24. It’s set to premiere next weekend at the Cannes Film Festival. ![]() I’m looking forward to seeing McQueen’s “ Occupied City” - a WWII doc told via the perspective of occupied Amsterdam. I remember being floored by his 2008 debut “Hunger.” The brilliant promise he exuded on that film eventually led to “12 Years A Slave,” “Shame,” “Lovers Rock” and “Mangrove.” ![]() Starring Jürgen Prochnow Herbert Grönemeyer Klaus Wennemann. I’ll watch just about anything filmmaker Steve McQueen does. Das Boot (1981) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The crew of a German U-boat in WWII contend with boredom, grime, and fierce battles while trying to maintain morale under claustrophobic conditions. ![]()
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