RIP Wolfgang Peterson

[DT]

R.I.P. Wolfgang Peterson, director of Das Boot, The Perfect Storm, and The NeverEnding Story

The filmmaker also directed Air Force One, Enemy Mine, and In The Line Of Fire

R.I.P. Wolfgang Peterson, director of Das Boot,

The filmmaker also directed Air Force One, Enemy Mine, and In The Line Of Fire

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[Herdfan]

Das Boot. Reference material for a powerful subwoofer for sure.

All great or very good movies. RIP.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Das Boot was simply brilliant, and The NeverEnding Story (based on a really lovely, bittersweet, book by the excellent German writer Michael Ende) was a wonderful movie.

Very sorry to learn this; RIP.

 

[Cmaier]

Ja. Er hat tolle Filme gemacht. In the Line of Fire. Air Force One. Das Boot. Das andere Boot. Mehr Boote (Perfekter Sturm).

 

[DT]

Yes, so many boats

In the Line of Fire and Air Force One I can fire up anytime, both terrific - I'm a little more selective about Das Boot, that requires a bit more of the right "mood", very possible the greatest "war movie" ever made, certainly in the running if we're talking naval related films.

Weirdly, I sometimes mix up Wolfgang Peterson and Peter Weir films, the latter responsible for another naval masterpiece, the underappreciated Master and Commander (and also directed a Harrison Ford movie for some additional overlap )