The Redux version perhaps contains too much but its a minor gripe in an almost perfect movie. The cast are fantastic, from Sheen through to much foreshadowed Brando. It has a compelling story but doesn’t allow itself to get concerned with telling it, rather spotlighting key moments on the journey and highlighting the absurdity of war. Overall, Apocalypse Now is a master-class in movie-making and one of, if not the best war movie. Its a scene which sucks the momentum out of the movie and is one of a few times the film can be slightly self-indulgent, or over-ambitious, with the story its trying to tell. It also means we do get some of the scenes that we didn’t need placed back in, none more so than a stilted stop with French colonists. He previously released Apocalypse Now Redux in 2001. This means all the added scenes and deleted elements put back in and as epic as the movie already was, this adds to it even more. Coppola released his Apocalypse Now final cut in 2019 to celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary. Even by 1979, these actors were well-known and its a compliment to the quality of the movie, and Stone himself, that they wanted to be involved even if the screen-time was minimal. From Robert Duvall as the surf-obsessed Lieutenant, a young Laurence Fishburne as a fresh-faced boat gunner or Dennis Hopper as a Kurtz obsessed war photographer. The movie is full of fantastic cinematic moments, from burning bridges lighting up the sky to resemble a festival, the desolate land of a deserted base camp or the final location, which resembled something from a voodoo-themed movie rather than a war one.Īdd to this the impressive cast of powerhouse actors, many of which get very little screen-time but make it count. Its also testament to Apocalypse Now that this is the final act of the movie and the journey getting to Kurtz is as interesting and engrossing as the outcome. Its a masterclass of making every small scene and minor moment on-screen count. You build someone this well, they could eventually be a disappointment but Brando, even this far into his career, was still a fantastic actor and played Kurtz as a shadowy (literally), mysterious and quietly spoken but relentlessly intimidating person. The character is teased perfectly throughout the film, foreshadowing this great figure who may well be the death of our “hero” or even could be correct with his cult-like philosophy. Sheen makes the epic journey across Vietnam to find Kurtz in his remote location, living as a worshipped god. That could be said for both Sheen’s Captain Willard or his target for assassination, Marlon Brando’s Colonel Kurtz.
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