An Interview with Uwe Boll, #4

Uwe Boll Interview english edition:

BG: 1968 Tunnel Rats is your next movie - how would you describe it?
Uwe Boll: It is a bitter, brutal war movie that shows for the first time why the Americans lost the Vietnam war.

BG: What was it like to shoot the movie? The sets look pretty good.
Boll: We built the tunnels in the studio under about 50 degrees celsius, it was very hard for the actors. The jungle scenes we did in Durban, right where they shot the Leonardo DiCaprio thriller Blood Diamond.

BG: Is it true that there were no scripted dialogues, only improvisations? If so, how did you like that and would you do it again?
Boll: If the actors are into method acting, then it is better if they say what they feel and don't just learn lines. You can do that on very intense flicks like 1968 Tunnel Rats, Stoic or Janjaweed.

              - 1968 Tunnel Rats is a war movie that depicts the tunnel fights in the Vietnam war
              - Stoic is a prison thriller about molestation and jail violence
              - Janjaweed is a war drama about a reporter that goes to Sudan and witnesses war crimes

BG: Your upcoming jail thriller Stoic - will it be more of a drama or a thriller??
Boll: It's based on the true case of Siegburg and it is a drama... very hard and disturbing.

BG: What was it like working with Edward Furlong?
Boll: Furlong needed the most time to get into his role, but in the end he turned out to be the best. He
is a great actor who had a very difficult time with drugs and prison. Also, all actors had to sleep in the jail set, therefore it wasn't really comfortable for them.

BG: Obama or McCain - who'd get your vote?
Boll: Obama... McCain is too old and in Bush's party.

BG: What is your favourite and least favourite flick of the year?
Boll: The Dark Knight was great ... There will be Blood was the best movie... many were crap...

BG: Your next movie is going to be Schmeling with german boxer Henry Maske in the title role. What can we expect?
Boll: Schmeling is going to be a war drama with spectacular box scenes!

              - Schmeling will show the life of Germany's most famous boxer Max Schmeling; former
                champion boxer Henry Maske is going to portray him

BG: What do you do next?
Boll: I will start a new movie called The Storm on November 26th, a flick about the end of the world.

BG: Last question: in case someone gave you a budget of 200,000,000$ and you could chase any videogame adaption you wanted - which one would it be?
Boll: World of WarCraft.

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