es its way across the edge of a razor. The man on the tape is Colonel Kurtz and his extermination is the object of this meeting. Like Lucifer himself, Kurtz is being cast from the ranks of the army because he has arrogantly taken it upon himself to run his own operations without the army's permission. The army does not just want Kurtz taken into custody, they want him killed. This is our first clue that Kurtz is not just some insubordinate soldier.
             Once the mission is underway, we find that the only way to get to Col. Kurtz is to travel up the Nung River, just as Marlow had to travel up the Congo to find his ivory hoarding, mutinous Mr. Kurtz. Once on the
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