If you didn't get my hint, that was a photo still from the movie Apocalypse Now. I had to watch that movie back in my senior year, and while there are parts I wish I could forget, I remember enough of that movie to be able to compare it to the book upon which it is based: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
The book and the movie are not very similar. Even the very settings in which they are placed are strikingly different. Heart of Darkness is set in Imperialist-era Africa, while Apocalypse Now takes place in Vietnam during America's controversial involvement there back in the 70's. The character Marlow remains the ultimate perspective for both stories, but Apocalypse Now seemed like a more life-altering and disillusioning experience than what Marlow saw in the novel. Heart of Darkness was rather dry. Most of it was talking and observing simple natural phenomenon as Marlow travels to meet the man named Kurtz, who is present in both stories. There were some parts where I wondered exactly who was speaking at one time. Very few characters are brought into the limelight enough for me to recognize them as they perform various plot tasks. Perhaps this was what Conrad's intention, but it was difficult for me to follow the different personalities and to gauge their importance in the entire plot.
Simply put, this book probably was made cooler by the movie. This doesn't make my favorites list, but maybe if I read it again, it would make more sense.
Listening to: Big Bang Theory
Blessings: Blankets, Saturdays.
Learned: That there is more than one day to fix an 80's speaker system.
Things Going On Today: Work. Tried to try out for Staheli's choir, but he never opened his door.
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