Excerts from Moby Dick
Moby Dick is, in someways, a book flawed beyond the worst imaginings. It is also also magnificent, grand, and nearly spectral. The first 3 and final 3 chapters are examples of the good writing that Melville was capable doing.
A cutaway of the PEQUOD
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The voyage of the PEQUOD
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On the right is the John Huston version of Moby Dick. Numerous versions do exist. I like this version best because 1) it avoids adding Modernist changes to the Story 2) the dialogue comes largely from Melville (Huston's favorite method of scripting a movie was to have a secretary type out a book's dialogue. He would then use this, with smaller additions and some cutting, to write his script) 3) the film stays hard with the storyline 4) I've no doubt as the co-writer's contributions of the fine storyteller, Ray Bradbury. The video does play fair at full screen.
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John Huston's movie version of Moby Dick, starring Gregory Peck. Linked through You Tube.
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