May 13, 2007
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Breathless
BettyDoesLife commented that some of what I wrote made her breathless, and while I dig the compliment, it reminded me of that scene in 'The Thin Red Line,' when the Marines are landing on the beach at Guadalcanal, and one of the soldiers says, "You've got to remember to breathe! ARGH! ARGH! ARGH!" Then they all run out of the landing craft, and there's no enemy.
So I was going to find that on youtube, but I couldn't. However, I did find this clip, which amply illustrates why it's one of my favorite movies ever, and might actually be #1 on my list. The movie is poetry. It's a poetic war movie.
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see if you can get hold of Indigènes (Days of Glory)
Nice photography. What the world needs is more poetic war movies. Then maybe we could work up to a poetic war.
I wrote a whole series of poems based on that movie. I find the beauty of it upsetting but then again, I admire anyone who can take a pile of shit and turn it into a garden.
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