Don't ask me how I've never seen it before. But good lord that is one ridiculously dark movie Coppola directed. I'd be lying if I said some parts didn't confuse the **** out of me. The cow slaughter at the end was really the tipping point. Great movie though, but not one I really want to watch again , unlike The Godfather which i could watch a million times.
I've never seen the entirety of Apocalypse Now and just watched it all on AMC
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If you are interested in reading more about it, here is a link to a very detailed description that basically follows the script
http://www.filmsite.org/apoc.html
http://www.filmsite.org/apoc.html
I love that movie, though it is admittedly hard to watch sometimes. You have to be in the mood to watch it. I would say I've "fallen asleep" countless times toApocalypse Now, There Will Be Blood and The Last Waltz. Those 3 movies got played a lot in collegewhen we didn't fair well at the bars. The Last Waltz was probably actually played a good bit when we DID fair well at the bars as well. It was basically just always in the DVD player no matter what.
...but isn't all that far off. It was intended to offend the senses and illustrate the horrors of war. It was the ultimate antiwar film about Vietnam.
As a Vietnam Veteran, albeit as an aeromedical evacuation operations officer, I personally saw the results of this dirty war. One of my Hooch mates was an OV-10 pilot and told me about some of his missions. It was all classified back in 1969-1971, but it is unclassified today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco
During that time, our government was denying any Americans being on the ground in Cambodia and Laos, but we were. My Hooch mate made routine landings in both countries. He talked about "waxing" water buffalo, strafing villages, and dropping grenades at low level for fun. There was no crazy Colonel in Cambodia, but Special Forces teams lived and fought with the Montanyards. What made Vietnam nuts was that you could never tell who the enemy were. Since it was primarily a guerrilla war, the residents of many villages were also VietCong. Our guys could go in a village one day and people would be smiling and acting friendly. They would go back a week later and it became a real hot zone. It was that kind of war that altered troops attitudes toward the people they were supposedly fighting to protect. There was a lot of crazy stuff going on. Apocalypse Now tried to illustrate that, but went about 2 steps too far.
As a Vietnam Veteran, albeit as an aeromedical evacuation operations officer, I personally saw the results of this dirty war. One of my Hooch mates was an OV-10 pilot and told me about some of his missions. It was all classified back in 1969-1971, but it is unclassified today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco
During that time, our government was denying any Americans being on the ground in Cambodia and Laos, but we were. My Hooch mate made routine landings in both countries. He talked about "waxing" water buffalo, strafing villages, and dropping grenades at low level for fun. There was no crazy Colonel in Cambodia, but Special Forces teams lived and fought with the Montanyards. What made Vietnam nuts was that you could never tell who the enemy were. Since it was primarily a guerrilla war, the residents of many villages were also VietCong. Our guys could go in a village one day and people would be smiling and acting friendly. They would go back a week later and it became a real hot zone. It was that kind of war that altered troops attitudes toward the people they were supposedly fighting to protect. There was a lot of crazy stuff going on. Apocalypse Now tried to illustrate that, but went about 2 steps too far.
that Coppola thought it would be more disturbing for the audience to see. The audience has seen all sorts of people dying over the years so the shock value has ended long ago and they react more to an animal death than a human one.
I would think he is correct in that our society can't watch a bull fight anymore. That was an actual ceremony in the Philippines where they slaughter this cow. He filmed it to use. There is no CGI and he couldn't put the disclaimer at the end that no animals were harmed in the making of this motion picture.
I would think he is correct in that our society can't watch a bull fight anymore. That was an actual ceremony in the Philippines where they slaughter this cow. He filmed it to use. There is no CGI and he couldn't put the disclaimer at the end that no animals were harmed in the making of this motion picture.
He said it was the most fun he's ever had in his life...blowing up things and shooting at ground targets with his rockets and the MG pods. After that tour he came back to the States and went to the B-52 as a co-pilot. He flew missions during LB II. Got out of USAF after the war, hooked up with FedEx in the beginning, and flew for them for almost for 30 years. He's now a retired millionaire off his FedEx stock