tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post6314024938373887515..comments2024-01-05T13:11:48.050+00:00Comments on ...and what will be left of them?: King for a Daycarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886258675618058752noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-67935632111210216382024-01-05T13:11:48.050+00:002024-01-05T13:11:48.050+00:00Nice postt thanks for sharingNice postt thanks for sharingGllphttps://medium.com/@gllpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-29335103313514469392013-01-27T15:57:09.086+00:002013-01-27T15:57:09.086+00:00Hey, thanks. And interesting points you make, as a...Hey, thanks. And interesting points you make, as always.<br /><br />>"Like David is fantasizing a missed opportunity to be 'Jason' (the explorer) as he leaves the mortal coil."<br /><br />Dunno, I see it as fatalistic resignation versus recklessness and hubris. As far as missed opportunities go, I see the slump of the early '70s as having been the point when the U.S. could've chosen to "get real" and take its proper (meaning, more humble and pragmatic) place in the world. But by 1980 it was clear that it'd opted for the opposite, instead -- of doubling down on self-delusion, arrogance, etc.<br /><br />> "Also, the specter of Vietnam hangs over..." <br /><br />Right. I'd thought about doing another post to that effect -- not so much as about "New" Hollywood, but the American film industry as a whole. Greyhooshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161781141733273715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-39131447379212955922013-01-27T05:13:49.051+00:002013-01-27T05:13:49.051+00:00Excellent. This is one movie I've wanted to se...Excellent. This is one movie I've wanted to see again. Better than Five Easy Pieces. Dern may be the most underrated actor of the 70s.<br /><br />Re: The monologue - a coded last testament before crossing the River Styx? Connotations of 'underworld' - as organized crime, but also graveyard, Hades - wondered if one brother represents 'life' (future-orientated, Pacific paradises) and another 'death' (sadsack/bodybag, <i>Atlantic</i> city). Or maybe a little dance between Heaven and Hell? Also, the specter of Vietnam hangs over all New Hollywood really (Jaws was released as soon as the war ended). Traumatic limits to Manifest Destiny, east vs. west ('western lands' - afterlife), conscription and early death. The morbidity and unexplained aspects of the movie are a little 'Jacob's Ladder' in a way. Like David is fantasizing a missed opportunity to be 'Jason' (the explorer) as he leaves the mortal coil.David K Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756535951359716522noreply@blogger.com