Posted by kazoo on April 21, 2001, at 23:50:08
In reply to Re: ... affordability (The horror! The horror!), posted by willow on April 21, 2001, at 21:33:20
> Kazoo
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> My memory isn't what it use to be and I'm trying desperately to recall the name of the book. ( the darkness by conrad black ??? no idea ) A similar storyline was used to make the movie "Apocalyps Now" (excuse the spelling) - Marlon Brando was in it near the end.
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> Anyway in the book there was a line - The horror! The horror! - which I translated to mean - The whore! The whore! The analogy in the story may be similar to the one in this thread.
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> Willow Pulp^^^^^^^^^
Then allow me to enlighten you, my dear ... the statement comes from Francis Ford Coppola's dreadfully depressing movie "Apocalypse Now," released in 1979, which he based on a novella by Joseph Conrad, "Heart of Darkness," with an equally dreadfully depressing storyline. Mr. Brando, who depicted the stereo-typical, war-time maniac (Colonel Kurtz), uttered those priceless words at the end of the flick in response to the horror that he incurred upon the people in the area. Quite frankly, I liked it better when Elmer Fudd said them: "The ha-wha, the ha-wha!"(critic) kazoo
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