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From: cv@linus.UUCP (Chris J. Valas)
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Subject: Re: Quote (Help!)
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Date: Wed, 8-May-85 09:36:16 EDT
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In article <5305@tekecs.UUCP> waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) writes:
(in reference to "Apocalypse Now")
>Also notic the strong similarities to Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" 
>(i.e. Kurtz, "the horror, the horror", etc).   Someone said that in one
>of the scenes Kurtz had "Heart of Darkness" on his bookshelf.  I didn't
>catch it myself.
>
>The whole movie seems to be almost an update of "Heart of Darkness".
>The parallels are fascinating.
>
>                             -- Walt Tucker
>                                Tektronix, Inc


Since the screenplay for "Apocalypse Now" was specifically written as a
modern equivalent of Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", the parallels, while
fascinating, are hardly surprising.   ;-)


Chris J. Valas         {decvax,utzoo,philabs,security,allegra,genrad}!linus!cv
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