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Re "It's really one of the stupidest films about the Vietnam War that's ever been made." Peter Arnett, who was there for years, would disagree. In an interview in the San Jose Mercury News circal 1995 he described A.N. as easily the best of the Vietnam films.
The whole point of the movie is that he WASN'T an aristocratic dandy by the time he led the mutiny. He was a man of substance and a natural leader (cf the barrel sequence, the pivot point in his development).
Agreed on Brando's brilliance in this film.
Stephen's phrase is, quite specifically, UNCHECKED capitalism. Which to my mind is most definitely a phrase for cruelty and evil. I believe Franklin D. Roovelt and Theodore Roosevelt would agree - they put quite a number of checks in place to humanize capitalism (Food and Drug Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission, etc. etc.) and essentially saved capitalism from itself. Glad to help with your education, Thomas. Spot on, Stephen.
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