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[*] posted on 3-30-2006 at 01:12 PM


Pompano is correct. Queequeg it was.

I've bought a bunch of DVD's of films from the 50's to share with my son recently and Moby Dick is one of our favorites. His memory is much better than mine and he'll quote something from the film now and again. And so, it starts to rattle inside my brain as well. What makes this film great is the language. Here are some tidbits:

Queequeg's vision:
See tomorrow here.
Bones tell everything.
How much you bid coffin for?
Money yours. Sea chest yours. Harpoon yours.

Ahab telling his crew about the whale:
All you mastheaders, now hear me! You're to look for a white whale. A whale as white as a mountain of snow.
....
It's a white whale, I say.
Aye, I'll follow him around the Horn. To chase him around the earth till he spouts black blood and rolls over dead.

Gardner asks for Ahab's help:
Captain Gardner, I seek the white whale.
Your own son's murderer.
I am losing time.
Avast, touch not a rope.
I must go.
Goodbye, I say, and fare thee well.
God help you Capt Gardner.
May God forgive you Captain Ahab.
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