[Perseverando]

Time for another great American (and world) history lesson from American Minute

[Inyo-Mono]

Yes, a good one too.

[PGalt]

OUTSTANDING novel. Great movie. Gregory Peck was awesome. Interesting reference...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAxEQYqo7no

[Gratia]

Many people completely misread this book.

It is not a book about a sea captain seeking revenge against the whale who dismembered him.

It is about an erudite, depressed and rootless school teacher with a wry sense of humor who encounters a number of extraordinary people and situations. One of those encounters is with a sea captain seeking revenge against a whale who dismembered him.

Melville was Fellini way before Fellini.

[OKSooner]

I recall seeing the movie at the drive in with mom and dad... Most memorable, for some reason, was Stubb, in his knit sweater and Scottish hat, holding a mug of beer and forcing Ishmael to agree to the blasphemy of “We own the seas” before he would allow Ishmael to sail with them.

I didn’t really get it though, I was just a kid...

Also I recall being sad when Ahab’s black cabin boy from Alabama was killed... He didn’t hurt anyone...

And the crazy old Scottish dude running the sign up office... “DO YE MAKE SPORT O’ ME, LAD?!!!”

Also the dudes raising rigging, singing a rhythmic chant that directed their pulls on the ropes... Those guys had to have been re-enactors from New England that had been brought in just for authenticity... There were about six, and the boss/lead singer had an eye patch. These days they might be on YouTube.

But especially the part with Stubb... I’d forgotten his name, of course, but there was something up with that guy... Maybe I picked up a vibe from my mom or something...

[Jane Austen]

This book has made at least a couple of "top revenge novel" lists.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I just watched the 2010 Moby Dick. Waste of time.

[Track9]

Good one!

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhAp708PeOw

[11th_VA]

The True Story that inspired Moby Dick

[Oatka]

To me, a great, too short performance, Royal Dano as Elijah, giving his prophetic warning to Ishmael and Qeequeg (in that striking quavering tone) as they head for the whaler.

[from IMDB]:
"Ishmael: Ehhhh, you can't fool us; it's the easiest thing in the world for a man to look as if he's got a great secret in him.
Elijah: I have, lad, I have. At sea one day, you'll smell land where there'll be no land, and on that day Ahab will go to his grave, but he'll rise again within the hour. He will rise and beckon. Then all - all save one shall follow. (Slinking away with a smile on his face) Mornin', lads... mornin'. May the heavens bless you."

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

"Tattoo" was first mentioned by naturalist Joseph Banks, who accompanied Captain James Cook on the ship HMS Endeavour as he explored the Pacific, 1768-1771:

Eh?

While he may have coined the word tattooing was known if not commonly practiced in Europe as they were banned by the Second Council of Nicaea a thousand years before.

It is the custom of the Coptic Christians in Egypt to tattoo a cross on their right wrist as a sign of their belief.