recommend me a good outdoorsy film
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The US captured one towards the end of the war in Europe, by then quite a few had already been captured by British forces and the decrypting of enigma signals was almost routine. A less well known fact is that the Polish managed to get hold of an Enigma device long before the war began and they handed that to the British after the Invasion of Poland.
For anyone interested in fictional accounts about Enigma and the Intelligence war I recommend 'Cryptonomicon' by Neal Stephenson, it isn't a film, but it should be.
The US captured one towards the end of the war in Europe, by then quite a few had already been captured by British forces and the decrypting of enigma signals was almost routine. A less well known fact is that the Polish managed to get hold of an Enigma device long before the war began and they handed that to the British after the Invasion of Poland.
For anyone interested in fictional accounts about Enigma and the Intelligence war I recommend 'Cryptonomicon' by Neal Stephenson, it isn't a film, but it should be.
From what I understand the Polish one was an early version of 'enigma' - it helped but the Germans up-graded quite early in the war. The key was not so much ca[pturing the machine but also baging the code books
International Film Festival?
I've got the brochure at work, will have a gander for it tomorrow.
The new True grip was quite cool
the mountainman wouldn't feel out of place on here........
Yep, I really enjoyed it.
Great Thread!
Le Dernier Trappeur (The Last Trapper) is one of the best outdoors films I have ever seen. It is by Nicolas Vanier and is set in Canada, it is in English (and was also made in French - there will be dual language on the dvd). It has the most amazing atmospheric music, an otherworldy opening scene (hunting reindeer) and involves dog sledding - the photography is breathtaking. Here is a trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJCZ-COYBKo&feature=related
here is some more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9uNtWeiB68&feature=related
Vanier has done a series of films in this vein including Loup, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXdM2XIHImg and other dog-sledding stuff.
May not be your cuppa tea, but I thought I would mention it just in case.
Le Dernier Trappeur (The Last Trapper) is one of the best outdoors films I have ever seen. It is by Nicolas Vanier and is set in Canada, it is in English (and was also made in French - there will be dual language on the dvd). It has the most amazing atmospheric music, an otherworldy opening scene (hunting reindeer) and involves dog sledding - the photography is breathtaking. Here is a trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJCZ-COYBKo&feature=related
here is some more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9uNtWeiB68&feature=related
Vanier has done a series of films in this vein including Loup, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXdM2XIHImg and other dog-sledding stuff.
May not be your cuppa tea, but I thought I would mention it just in case.
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The US captured one towards the end of the war in Europe, by then quite a few had already been captured by British forces and the decrypting of enigma signals was almost routine. A less well known fact is that the Polish managed to get hold of an Enigma device long before the war began and they handed that to the British after the Invasion of Poland.
For anyone interested in fictional accounts about Enigma and the Intelligence war I recommend 'Cryptonomicon' by Neal Stephenson, it isn't a film, but it should be.
Im currently reading a book called "Churchills Wizards, the art of deception 1914 to 1945. Its all about the development of deception, camoflage all the way through to mis information.. its a good read if your iinterested in that sort of stuff... anyhow, it says that the Polish actually built three 3 wheel enigma machines, gave one to us, one to the french and kept one. With that we could begin to derypt stuff, and the Germans didnt know, however they still developed a 4 wheel version for uboats that made thigns difficult.
For anyone interested in fictional accounts about Enigma and the Intelligence war I recommend 'Cryptonomicon' by Neal Stephenson, it isn't a film, but it should be.
Im currently reading a book called "Churchills Wizards, the art of deception 1914 to 1945. Its all about the development of deception, camoflage all the way through to mis information.. its a good read if your iinterested in that sort of stuff... anyhow, it says that the Polish actually built three 3 wheel enigma machines, gave one to us, one to the french and kept one. With that we could begin to derypt stuff, and the Germans didnt know, however they still developed a 4 wheel version for uboats that made thigns difficult.
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I enjoyed The Troll Hunter [Trolljegeren - its Norwegian]. Not much bushcraft but good outdoorsy stuff & trolls!
I'm not into doing films up the bot, mate.
get a grip man! We have womenOnly pulling your leg
The edge is fantastic. Into the wild is okay but the book is better. A lot of what's seen in the film is manipulated to make good viewing unfortunately.
Still worth a watch though! The soundtracks by Eddie Vedder are epic...LJ.
Thanks Tawny for mentioning Loup, I own Le Dernier Trappeur and Loup looks like an equally entertaining video.
'Lost in the Pacific' with Lee Marvin very interesting film very outdoorsy and also about survival during the second world war about an Amercan and a Japanese soldier stuck on an Island in the Pacific!
Finally got round to watching Seraphim Falls. How the heck did that get by me for all these years.
Just a great film in great scenery with loads of good bushcraft stuff.
And a really nice antler handled Bowie too.
Just a great film in great scenery with loads of good bushcraft stuff.
And a really nice antler handled Bowie too.
I recently watched two outdoorsy Finnish films, Mosku - Lajinsa viimeinen and Lapin kullan kimallus (en. Gold Fever in Lapland). The first tells the story of Mosku, wealthy reindeer owner from Lapland who fought against bandits and raiding Skolts during 1920s and 1930s. Generally there is a lot of footage on the wilderness and reindeer herding. The latter one depicts the actions of two men who travel to Lapland during a gold rush in 19th century. Both films are available in DVD with English subtitles. There are also some clips posted to Youtube from both of films.
Well, just had a look through this, and seen 98% of em.
A good under-rated western is The Culpepper Cattle Company 1972
And Black Robe http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101465/]
In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter
Which should appeal
I wanna see Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
A good under-rated western is The Culpepper Cattle Company 1972
And Black Robe http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101465/]
In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter
Which should appeal
I wanna see Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
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