Moby Dick
From the description, it sounds like a modern retelling of Moby Dick. For those that have seen the film and read the book - how close is the film to the book?
shareIt's not a retelling of moby dick, although i had half expected it to be as well.
"Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth"
There are some parallels:
-both are described as being distinctively colored, unlike their peers
-Naydenov and Ahab were prior victims of their quarry
And that's about it. Naydenov's near complete recovery from what would seem a fatal injury occurs for a reason never explained, but one can presume that the man discharged from the hospital has been transformed by his experience.
While he is fixated on finding the White Tiger, it is not with the same near-psychotic ardor of Ahab who willingly sacrifices his crew in the search for revenge.
His final encounter with his sponsor, the Major, leaves one with the distinct impression Naydenov is aware that his search is likely to be eternal.
Notice on the cover of the DVD that statement "to kill a ghost ... he had to become a ghost." That sheds a light on Naydenov character that I did not consider. Now of course I will ask WTH does that mean?
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