Daily Dialogue — June 19, 2019

“I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy; we fought ourselves. And the enemy was in us. The war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days as I’m sure Elias will be, fighting with Barnes for what Rhah called possession of my soul. There are times since, I’ve felt like the child born of those two fathers. But, be that as it may, those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again, to teach to others what we know, and to try with what’s left of our lives to find a goodness and a meaning to this life.”

— Platoon (1986), written by Oliver Stone

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Military. Today’s suggestion by @wcmartell.

Trivia: Oliver Stone wrote the first draft of Platoon in 1971, and sent it to Jim Morrison in hopes that he would play the part Charlie Sheen would ultimately play. Morrison had the script on him when he was found dead in Paris. It is unknown whether he would have been cast, had he lived. However, Stone eventually made The Doors (1991) based on Morrison’s life.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The ending scene in a movie which profoundly portrays the brutality and insanity of war.