Apocalypse Now – Money Over Ethics

War

Never Get Out The Boat – Unless You’re going All The Way

“Never get out of the boat.” Absolutely goddamn right! Unless you were goin’ all the way… Kurtz got off the boat. He split from the whole fuckin’ program. – Apocalypse Now (1979)… Read the rest

Philosophy

Dialectic Logic – Love or Hate – No Maybe

“Do you know what the man is saying? Do you? This is dialectics. It’s very simple dialectics. One through nine, no maybes, no supposes, no fractions — you can’t travel in space, you can’t go out into space, you know,… Read the rest

War

Cut Them In Half And Give Them a Band-Aid

“It was the way we had over here of living with ourselves. We’d cut them in half with a machine gun and give them a Band-Aid. It was a lie—and the more I saw of them, the more I hated… Read the rest

War

Clarity In War

“In a war there are many moments for compassion and tender action. There are many moments for ruthless action – what is often called ruthless – what may in many circumstances be only clarity, seeing clearly what there is to… Read the rest

War

Assassins of The Assassin

“What do you call it when the assassins accuse the assassin? A lie. A lie and we have to be merciful.” – Apocalypse Now (1979)… Read the rest