‘My Life as a Film’ by William Thirsk-Gaskill
It is shot in black and white, with subtitles and set aboard a German U-boat in World War Two, called U-214, nicknamed “The Berlin Bear”. The Captain downs shots of schnapps in every scene except when the boat is pursuing or being pursued. His exterior of brutality is a pretence and he secretly hates the First Mate, who is a card-carrying Nazi. He has … Continue reading ‘My Life as a Film’ by William Thirsk-Gaskill