The Naked Jungle (1954)
The Naked Jungle really needs an in depth look at its themes though I'm not sure it would survive it. On the one hand we have a very paternalistic and conservative figure in Heston (Leiningen). So...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
What things do the Yin represent?Cold, dark, soft, mysterious, nature, feminineWhat things do the Yang represent?Warm, bright, hard, clear, culture, masculine This is one of those yin/yang deals. In...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
hermanthegerm Okay. Thanks for explaining where you are coming from. Two points-- on yin and yang---"these are simply traditional cultural perceptions way before me" In Chinese metaphysics. But The...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
atenolol wrote:Planting a garden isn't destruction for me.I tried to indicate that viewing thing from the point of "destruction" is not quite right, hence my use of quotes. I made it a point that both...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
atenolol wrote:hermanthegerm My post on commie ants was tongue-in-cheek to an extent, although it does fit, but I don't think anyone involved in making this movie thought along those lines, but, to...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
Well, there are plenty of examples of the female destroyers (and castrators) goddesses like Hecate and Mania, Kali, the Japanese Ainu or the folktale of the vagina dentata and even later ones like...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
Maybe the ants represent socialism/communism and Heston represents capitalism. The two are in conflict. Capitalism puts up a good fight but socialism/communism will eventually overrun it no matter...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
hermanthegerm wrote:Well, there are plenty of examples of the female destroyers (and castrators) goddesses like Hecate and Mania, the Japanese Ainu or the folktale of the vagina dentata and even later...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
I still must disagree on several issues--Leiningen is not a villain--both Stephenson in the original story and the makers of this movie admired him for carving a plantation out of the jungle and made...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
You are approaching this film from too literal a perspective, which is certainly your prerogative. But it is due to that that it will be hard for us to agree on many points. I don't think Leinengen is...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
It's too bad Joseph Campbell never wrote a book applying his theories solely to motion pictures. It's interesting to overlay his ideas on THE NAKED JUNGLE. Here's the Wikipedia summary of his book...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
ryanbrennan wrote:Maybe the ants represent socialism/communism and Heston represents capitalism. The two are in conflict. Capitalism puts up a good fight but socialism/communism will eventually...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
From Campbell we have 'The Hero's Journey' and both Campbell and Christopher Vogler addressed the subject of 'The Damsel in Distress' both of which may bear some relationship to a story like this....
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
hermanthegerm wrote:At least on the surface, the intent of the movie is not to reinforce traditional views but to change them into a more modern outlook. ...There are some Puppetoons which focus on...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
ryanbrennan wrote:hermanthegerm wrote:At least on the surface, the intent of the movie is not to reinforce traditional views but to change them into a more modern outlook. ...There are some...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
hermanthegerm Well, fair enough, and we have both, as well as ryanbrennan, given our takes on this movie which all differ, and nothing wrong with that. Each brings a personal perspective to a movie....
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
I think I've probably cracked this nut as much as I can from my point of view. I am going to have to retract a specific detail I've stated, but overall I think I was on the right track all along: Not...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
Yet another great 1950s adventure film. Glad to see I am not the only person here who really enjoys this movie. Mr Heston starred in another adventure film from 1954 which is in my view a prime...
View ArticleRe: The Naked Jungle (1954)
The previous criticisms of before will, of course, still apply: whether what I am perceiving is the intent or not is still debatable, but it does not worry me in the least. Pal may not have intended...
View Article
