Conrad's 'Victory'
Has anybody else noticed the similarity between this film and Joseph Conrad's novel "Victory" (Brandauer's character = Heyst, Duvall's character = Mr. Jones).
shareCaspary's relationship with the Captain reminded me a lot of Gentleman Brown's conversations with Jim in "Lord Jim": Brown figures that Jim must have done something pretty bad to end up where he has and he plays on this, telling Jim that fundamentally they're no different.
shareCaspary's relationship with the Captain reminded me a lot of Gentleman Brown's conversations with Jim in "Lord Jim": Brown figures that Jim must have done something pretty bad to end up where he has and he plays on this, telling Jim that fundamentally they're no different.
Indeed. Conrad recycled a lot of themes (and characters) throughout his novels. The interactions between Brown the pirate and Jim the recluse are very similar to those between Mr. Jones the outlaw and Axel Heyst the recluse.
However, Caspary resembles Jones in another key way: both characters are foppish homosexuals with an entourage of loyal thugs (who possibly double as lovers).
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At the risk of lowering the tone of this very literate conversation, the scene where Caspary insists that Eddie dance with him *rules*! Robert Duvall has the dope moves.
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