The film not only made German director Wolfgang Petersen an instant hit and made his stride into Hollywood circles, but basically set the tone for the subsequent World War II submarine films.
From the later influential submarine films, "Hunting U-571", "Chasing Red October", "Red Tide Storm", etc., you can see the shadow of "Attack from the Bottom of the Sea".
"Attack from the Bottom of the Sea" has 3 versions successively, a 149-minute cinema version, a 209-minute director's cut version, and a 5-hour TV version!
The most entertaining, storytelling, and film-worthy is the first 209-minute director's cut. This version attaches great importance to the relationship between characters. In the closed, dark and damp submarine, through constant external pressure, it stimulates the transformation of the characters and creates tension in the relationship between the characters. Many characters have left us with an indelible and profound influence in the heart-pounding 209 minutes, almost shaping the tragic ending of the hero to the pinnacle of artistry.
"From the Bottom of the Sea" entered the Oscar selection for the best foreign language film of the year, and was nominated for 6 awards including best director and best adapted screenplay, and became the highest-grossing foreign language film in the United States that year.
After watching "Attack from the Bottom of the Sea", you can almost get a glimpse of the routines of all submarine films in the past 30 years, the hell scenes in a dark environment, the close-up of characters showing the inner fear, the soul shock brought by depth charges, and the deep spiritual oppression of submarines , the crew has changed from cynical impetuousness to purgatory complexion... It is
no exaggeration to say that "From the Bottom of the Sea" is a touchstone for testing a submarine film, a benchmark that is difficult to surpass.
The film isn't all about showing off tricks, special effects, or war scenes, but rather grabbing onto the story and creating a number of memorable characters.
The characters and stories of "Attack from the Bottom of the Sea" do not favor one over the other. It is not some classic so-called character-driven stories, but integrates characters into the story and finds a balance on both sides.
The story of the film revolves around the story of a German U-boat during World War II. The film has a tragic tone from the very beginning.
Throughout World War II, 30,000 German soldiers joined the submarine warfare, and eventually more than 20,000 died at sea.
Throughout the film, the story has ups and downs, making the audience feel like riding a roller coaster. At every turning point, there are hooks of attention that arouse the audience's strong curiosity, completely pulling the audience's heart.
At the beginning of the film, we saw the crazy catharsis crew members. They were drunk and anesthetized themselves with alcohol and women. The reporters who accompanied the army sighed. Are these alcoholics who go to the toilet and vomit again and again, are they really unyielding soldiers?
Only their captain understands that these behaviors that are indulging in their lives are just an attempt by these lads to cover up their inner fears and unease.
They are afraid of that oppressive iron wall, the entrance to that hell. But once inside, this thin layer of metal is their last layer of defense against the god of death.
They fear that there will be no return, so whenever they reach the port safely, they will desperately vent, burning their possibly extremely limited lives.
After getting on the boat, the group of people quickly changed their appearance. The recruits are nervous and the veterans ridicule. In fact, their hearts are also shrouded in uncertainty. It's just that veterans are better at camouflage, and they need to be role models for new recruits.
The story of "Attack from the Bottom of the Sea" has a moderate degree of relaxation, focusing on the portrayal of characters in a gentle place, and at the climax moment, that is, squeezing the characters with extraordinary pressure, so that they appear in the real side that is difficult to see in ordinary times.
The story is divided into three large paragraphs.
With nothing to do at first, the captain became increasingly restless as there was no task to control and the crew was tired and felt abandoned.
Suddenly, the task came. They succeeded in ambushing a pair of British merchant ships and sinking three large ships just as they fell into ecstasy. British destroyer killed.
They dodged carefully, thinking that they had escaped disaster, but the second destroyer came to a roundup and was hunted by two destroyers. The German U-boat suffered heavy damage and narrowly escaped.
This climax is completely the classic scene of all submarine movies. From the countdown timing of the missile launch, the anticipation of all the crew waiting for the torpedo to explode, the disappointment after the missed shot and the joy after the shot, the emotional climax of the film is not through the exciting war scenes, but through the once for the characters. Another change of attitude, as well as the capture of the frozen atmosphere in the air to express.
In this clip, a large number of ways of setting the tone, overlapping actions, and time comparison are used to expand the time, slow down the film time to a speed that exceeds the real time, increase the suspense, and strengthen the entanglement.
Time is completely slowed down by the expansion of time, as if every shot is a heavy breath, the viewer absorbs the rhythm of the cut, and we share our breath with the crew as they wait for the results of the shot, and their anxiety becomes our anxiety.
The master-level "immersive experience, empathy" is probably like this!
The classic does not end, the roundup of the two destroyers took the crew from heaven to hell in the shortest possible time.
"From the Bottom of the Sea" constantly creates fear from two dimensions.
One from the depths beyond the boat.
At the beginning of the story, the foreshadowing was arranged. The captain tested the diving depth of the submarine during the exercise. The audience saw the pressure of the depth on the crew for the first time. Everyone was sweating profusely, and even the always calm chief mate opened his eyes wide to observe the situation of the hull.
The sound of the metal under pressure was the echo of the approaching footsteps of the god of death. Passing the first test is just to create an emotional expectation for the climax of the second act, so that the audience can understand the tension and suffocation brought about by the depth at the moment of crisis, and amplify the emotional anxiety and anxiety.
The bombing of the hull by the depth charges, a series of quick clips, the deafening explosion mixed with the screams of the crew's soul-flying annihilation, pulled the audience into a huge unease.
In order to escape the netting of the two destroyers, the submarine descended to a depth it would not normally reach.
At this time, the huge pressure made the crew start to lose control, and everyone was pale, afraid to move, waiting for the doomsday judgment.
At this point, depth brings a second pressure on the horizontal dimension. In this narrow hull, the crew can only snuggle in the dark and damp hull, outside is the deadly deep sea pressure, once the hull is smashed, they will lose their names in an instant.
One depth and one breadth, these two spaces that interpret the upper and lower and left and right dimensions, constantly squeeze the characters, and the transformation of the characters in them injects emotions into the story, enriching the depth and breadth of the story.
Finally, the first crew member went out of control. To the captain's disappointment, this crew member was the best soldier he usually looked forward to. In order to maintain his unshakable symbol of power, he frantically took out his pistol, preparing to rectify this fellow, brother, sibling on the spot.
The first officer and several crew members quickly pulled away the lost crew members. War is so cruel, it will change the fate of too many people in an instant.
Netizens who know the military must know that submarines and destroyers are like mice and cats. Submarines hide themselves, attack ships, and when they succeed, they quickly escape from hiding like mice. Destroyers, like sharp cats, kill immediately after the smell of blood, and use deep bombs to beat submarines. Destroyers with obvious advantages in speed and tonnage are almost the world of submarines.
The submarine could only hope to use the depth to escape the sonar scan of the destroyer. After several hours of searching, the destroyer gave up the search, and after leaving, the submarine was considered safe.
But sometimes, in order to pretend to leave, the destroyer shot back with a carbine. At this time, the submarine exposed its tracks again and was chased and killed by the destroyer for the second time.
It is conceivable that in the film, the German U-boat, unexpectedly, will face the difficult situation when it suffers two destroyers at the same time.
"From the Bottom of the Sea" spent 200 minutes creating fear, especially the climax of the third act, the most classic psychological fear scene.
The submarine was hit hard and sank to the bottom of the sea. This back and forth, gave the audience hope, and immediately sent despair, when despair reached the bottom, suddenly sent a subtle hope... One after another, constantly squeezing the audience's nerves.
In the end, the entire submarine is hell. Except for the first mate and the crew who made mistakes at the beginning, even the captain lost hope and was ready to accept the judgment of fate. This kind of story design completely pulls the story into a trough of despair. , The performance of the dark cabin made the audience remember it fresh and unforgettable.
This is a soul-wearing experience, a classic design in which the story and characters completely enter the hearts of the audience.
At the end, the director once again played with the audience's emotions.
Miraculously, he rose to the surface from the bottom of the sea and escaped successfully. When all the crew sang leisurely songs and returned to the port that symbolized safety. Fear was only released, but tragedy followed.
The welcoming team of the crew who greeted the dead and escaped from death greeted the crew on the shore, just docked. Allied planes hit.
After the chaos, the crew died in large numbers.
The boy who guarded love is dead.
Mate was seriously injured.
Many young people who are strong and look forward to life have their lives taken away in an instant.
The sailor who passed through the strong wind and waves died on the shore. This is a double tragedy, and it is a doubled emotional pressure.
At the end of the film, after the fear dissipated, there was a tearful tragedy, and the last shot, the captain watched his ship slowly sink into the sea, the magical submarine that brought them from the sea to the port, and finally sank In the harbor, died under the missile of the plane.
The captain ashore burst into tears and died of serious injuries as the ship sank into the sea.
The ship sank and people died.
However, this is not the heroic ending of the soldier's horse leather shroud and his death.
Instead, he died in anger under the dramatic arrangement of fate.
The director gave the audience an exciting miracle, and finally closed his throat with a tragic sword.
Great story, full of emotion, classic, that's what it looks like!
After decades of roasting, this "Attack from the Bottom of the Sea" still maintains a thick juice, exuding an irresistible and seductive aftertaste, which is left to future generations by epic stories and characters. An inexhaustible treasure.
Time can't get rid of the classic life!
Tragedy seals the mood of the story, allowing it to remain dazzling throughout the passage of time.
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