Conversations from Movies #4 - Men Who Stare At Goats
Commentary: Reasons why men go to war.
Bob: (narrating) You know the little man. He’s the one who says,
“Keep your head down, stay in your little town, your little job”
Bob: You’re a lucky guy, your wife loves you, you have everything you want
Bob: You’re not looking for some great adventure.
But then, one day, when you least expect it
The great adventure finds you
Bob: Ron’s sudden death was the catalyst for everything.
Bob: Deborah told me later that it had been a wake up call for her.
Bob: What people used to call a memento mori.
Bob: Ron’s massive coronary had reminded her that life was just too short to waste any chance at true happiness
Bob: And that his death had help put everything into perspective.
Bob: A week after the funeral, she left me for my editor.
Bob: It seemed like such a tragedy at the time.
Bob: We couldn’t see beyond our little lives to the great events of history unfolding out there in the world.
Bob: I was like a child or a Hobbit safe from the shire
Bob: Or a blond farm boy
in a distant desert planet
unaware that he was already
taking the first steps on the path
that would lead him relentlessly
towards the heart of a conflict
between the forces of
Good and Evil
George Bush: (on the Television) Americans are a resolute people
who have risen to every test of our time
Adversity has revealed the character of our country to the world
Bob: Had I known where that path would lead
had a soft wind from my future
brought me the name of Bill Django
I might never have gone
But as it was
Bob: I did what so many men
have done throughout history
when a woman has broken
their heart…
I went to war.
