Exactly. E.g. he criticize the strongest part, the ending, without even knowing the source material. Which also has the strongest part in the ending, "the horro

Exactly. E.g. he criticize the strongest part, the ending, without even knowing the source material. Which also has the strongest part in the ending, "the horror, the horror", and the aftermath, realizing the horrors are us, not them. The typical Vietnam veteran conflict. All the parts he is criticizing are from the source material, and he doesn't even acknowledges where the film adaption surpasses the master novel. The curious homosexual Oedipus part might come from the fact that Brando was half-known as homosexual, at least to the insiders, and from his fixation that all warriors are homosexual. Well, not really. Esp. not our hero. Maybe historical materialists, such as Daney, invested too much into their Spartanian trauma.