Post by Dance Away on Oct 26, 2009 0:56:01 GMT -5
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"Farewell and Adieu" - Captain Quint - Jaws
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"Farewell and Adieu" - Captain Quint - Jaws
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Jaws bears similarities to several literary and artistic works, most notably Moby Dick by Herman Melville. The character of Quint strongly resembles Captain Ahab, the obsessed captain of the Pequod who devotes his life to hunting a sperm whale. Quint's monologue reveals his similar vendetta against sharks, and even his boat, the Orca, is named after the only natural enemy of the white shark. In the novel and original screenplay, Quint dies after being dragged under the ocean by a harpoon tied to his leg, similar to Ahab's death in Melville's novel. A direct reference to these similarities may be found in the original screenplay, which introduced Quint by showing him watching the film version of Moby Dick. His laughter throughout makes people get up and leave the theater. However, the scene from Moby Dick could not be licensed from Gregory Peck, the owner of the rights. In the novel and original screenplay, when the Orca, like the Pequod is sunk by the creature, only Brody was to have survived.-- Jaws (film) - Wikipedia - Inspirations and influences
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Not until he was 50 did William F. Buckley read "Moby Dick." Then he told friends: To think I might have died without having read it. That is exactly how O'Brian's readers feel about their voyage that began with "Master and Commander" in 1969 and now has its 20th installment in the publication of "Blue at the Mizzen."-- George Will, columnist, 1-13-2000 column,
online column title: "O'Brian Rules the Waves"
www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will011300.asp
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