Don Lope de Aguirre

I the Wrath of God will marry my own daughter and with her I will create the purest dynasty the earth has ever seen

That sounds fun Joe is it from that movie you mentioned earlier

Yes

Aguirre Wrath of God

It blew me out of the water when I first saw it

This is from near the end of the movie shortly after Aguirre’s daughter is murdered by the savages in the jungle

He is aware but not aware that she is dead

Such is his madness

The final scenes of this movie are some of the bleakest

That cinema has ever produced

Drifting on a raft with the dead and dying

Small monkeys invading every space

I always think of Kurtz when I watch these scenes

The Horror The Horror

Kurtz ultimately was changed by the jungle.

At first he wanted to bring civilization to the natives

But by the end it seems he wants to exterminate them.

Was the story true

It is based on fact

I quote

In the 16th century, deep within the forests of Peru a group of Spanish conquistadors trek through the wilderness in pursuit of the legendary El Dorado

Guided by their megalomaniacal leader Don Lope de Aguirre they traverse the Amazon River plunging into uncharted territory and descending into unimaginable madness

Films like this are not made anymore

Which is sad

Apocalypse Now made a good fist of the Conrad story

Although nobody but Brando could have played Kurtz


Good Night Joe

Good Night Brad