Marlon Brando - The Hollow Men - How Cultures Die - T S Eliot

[Dibbler]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPeHO1r8paU

 

[Riveroaks]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPeHO1r8paU

I liked the director's cut of the movie. It gave more background especially about the French plantation.

In the plot from the longer version you can surmise that Willard returned to live with the French family because he grew to love the widow who understood him better than his civilian x-wife had.

The most telling part of the movie was the "buck fever" hunting addiction of the introduction:

"When I was here (jungle) I wanted to be there (USA), and when I was there (USA) all I could think about was getting back into the jungle."

My girlfriend's father was like that -- 4 tours to Viet Nam -- he could not get enough. He was Regular Army too.

And she -- my girlfriend -- was a lot like the x-wife portrayed.

She once said to me "Oh you just want to be Billy Bad Ass like my dad!"

John Milius was never military -- NPQ -- not physically qualified. So I don't know where he got his insights for the screenplay. But he came up with a very thought provoking story.

I myself would not have killed the colonel had he not killed my radioman, Chef.

But according to the plot, the colonel wanted to die so that is why he murdered Chef and let Willard live.

 

[Dibbler]

This goes into the production of the movie a bit.

 

[Dibbler]

I liked the director's cut of the movie. It gave more background especially about the French plantation.

In the plot from the longer version you can surmise that Willard returned to live with the French family because he grew to love the widow who understood him better than his civilian x-wife had.

The most telling part of the movie was the "buck fever" hunting addiction of the introduction:

"When I was here (jungle) I wanted to be there (USA), and when I was there (USA) all I could think about was getting back into the jungle."

My girlfriend's father was like that -- 4 tours to Viet Nam -- he could not get enough. He was Regular Army too.

And she -- my girlfriend -- was a lot like the x-wife portrayed.

She once said to me "Oh you just want to be Billy Bad Ass like my dad!"

John Milius was never military -- NPQ -- not physically qualified. So I don't know where he got his insights for the screenplay. But he came up with a very thought provoking story.

I myself would not have killed the colonel had he not killed my radioman, Chef.

But according to the plot, the colonel wanted to die so that is why he murdered Chef and let Willard live.