"And what haunts me, is that in all the faces of all the bears that Treadwell ever filmed, I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature."

“Those girls couldn’t drown.”

“Why are ghosts such bad liars? Because they’re so easy to see through.”

The daily consumption of real-world suffering broadcast from the internet for all to see has simultaneously turned us into both victims and perpetrators, haunted by images and voices of the dead.

Can’t believe this film exists and I’m so glad it does.

Barry Levinson’s notes (probably):

- “Let’s make a war movie that’s anti-war in the vaguest possible sense but we should also give it heavy ‘thank you for your service’ vibes.”

- “Robin Williams is great, can we make 1/3 of his jokes problematic so his performance will feel super outdated?”

- “Also his character should have a B-plot where he romantically pursues a very young Vietnamese woman, but it won’t really serve to further the narrative in any meaningful way.”

- “I don’t want us to be too subtle so let’s include a montage of war crimes set to What a Wonderful World.”