Miker writes,
apocalypse now endorses pyrotechnic destruction? thats an
interesting
>idea. what made you think that? i didn't think the
movie "endorsed"
>anything. i didn't even think it was a commentary on
the vietnam war.
>the war was just a great setting to play out the
story between kurtz and
> >marlow.
Yeah, my "endorsed" does sound too much like it came out of
some committee rather than a film. But let's acknowledge the
adrenaline rush in the air assault sequence, the fiery
destruction of the compound in the 35 mm version that appeal
to our appetites for destruction, at the same time we're
confronted by the futility of it all (if we follow Willard's
thinking).
>and expanding on your comment on the novel being
about a "moral
>awakening to the heart of darkness of europe", i
would say its about
>a wonderful amoral spot that lies firmly rooted
within the primal soul
>of us all. cormac plays in that sandbox so very
well.
Good point. Course Conrad twists the knife so that Europeans
recognize that they're not so damn superior; the cannibal
crew of Marlow's steamer has a higher morality than the white
"pilgrims" who shoot natives for sport.
To bring it back to list concerns, Conrad shapes a good
background for hard-boiled/noir fiction in his suggestion
that none of us knows how badly she or he would act in given
circumstances, separated from the good folks that keep us in
line.
Bill Hagen
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