Talk:Colonel Kurtz

This article is fundamentally, historically and substantially wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.162.131.62 (talk) 16:41, 2 June 2012 (UTC)


 * .... It's a fictional character. 63.82.135.13 (talk) 23:20, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

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Colonel Kurtz inspiration?
The article says Colonel Kurtz was based on a character from the book Heart of Darkness. According to Ho Chi Bear and the Ravens, which talks about USA's secret war in Laos during the Vietnam conflict:

"[in the picture is] ... Anthony Poshepny, a CIA agent in Laos thought to be the real-life inspiration for Stanley Kubrick’s version of Colonel Kurtz"

I'm not sure if that means (1) the Heart of Darkness character is based on Poshepny; or (2) Colonel Kurtz is based on Poshepny and has nothing to do with Heart of Darkness. Since the sentence says "Stanley Kubrick’s version of Colonel Kurtz", I think that means (2). There are competing theories about the inspiration for Colonel Kurtz.

Jeffrey Walton (talk) 01:54, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Wording
I find the wording "the main antagonist of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film" confusing. When I read "antagonist of...", I expect it to be followed by the name of the protagonist. I suggest to replace "of" with "in". --Fkv (talk) 14:25, 21 June 2022 (UTC)