![]() ![]() But the famously troubled production is first and foremost a psychodrama, channeling all these harrowing and surreal events, on both sides of the camera, through their effect on Captain Willard. In that framework, the movie peers into the souls of these two men and considers what, if anything, can be gleaned from their war-ravaged psyches.Īpocalypse Now is undeniably a war movie, one that not only renders the theater of Vietnam in brutal-yet-riveting terms, but that also captures the absurdity that underlies its abiding tragedies. Kurtz is a decorated officer who’s gone rogue and cultivated a following all his own, one which strikes fear into the hearts of all sides of this conflict. Army assassin, dispatched to travel upriver into Cambodia and take out the infamous Colonel Kurtz ( Marlon Brando). Set during the Vietnam War, the film sees Captain Willard ( Martin Sheen), a U.S. ![]() That’s the overwhelming feeling that washes over you during Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola’s seminal 1979 masterpiece. The parts of ourselves we hold dear become wrenched and twisted within that grim crucible, until they become unrecognizable. But if you mangle that soul in the throes of war, maim it through acts of killing, expose it to enough raw horror to blight mind and body, you can never really know. You may discover a darkness beyond comprehension or a light as bright as the flares that cut against the night sky. Every month, we at The Spool select a filmmaker to explore in greater depth - their themes, their deeper concerns, how their works chart the history of cinema, and the filmmaker’s own biography. For April, we revisit both the game-changing hits and low point misses of Francis Ford Coppola. Read the rest of our coverage here.īurrow into a man’s soul and see what you find. ![]()
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