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- Apocalypse Now is today considered one of the greatest films ever made; it ranked 14th and 19th in Sight & Sound ' s greatest films poll in 2012 and 2022 respectively. [ 9 ] Film critic Kyle Smith dubbed it "the greatest war movie ever made," [ 10 ] while The Guardian called it "the best action and war film of all time." [ 11 ]
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Nov 28, 1999 · Francis Ford Coppola’s film “Apocalypse Now” was inspired by Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad about a European named Kurtz who penetrated to the farthest reaches of the Congo and established himself like a god.
Apr 16, 2024 · What sets Apocalypse Now apart isn’t just its portrayal of war but how it chooses to portray it—through a lens smeared with madness, with a narrative that feels like it’s coming apart at the seams, mirroring the mental disintegration of its characters.
Aug 14, 2019 · “Apocalypse Now” is a movie that drove Coppola to the brink of both financial ruin and actual madness. The spectacularly ambitious grafting of Joseph Conrad ’s Heart of Darkness to the historical quagmire of America’s disastrous military campaign in Vietnam was always a spectacular sprawl, a maximalist spectacle.
Like all great works of art about war, “Apocalypse Now” essentially contains only one idea or message, the not-especially-enlightening observation that war is hell. We do not go to see Coppola’s movie for that insight — something Coppola, but not some of his critics, knows well.
Although Apocalypse Now is not a great movie, it shows a still-impressive, politically inspired ambition -- a reminder of why film culture matters... Mixing pessimism with astonishment,...
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Feb 6, 2023 · The recent news of trouble within the production of Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis has reminded many movie fans about his masterpiece Apocalypse Now. Coppola overcame multiple challenges to deliver an iconic movie, and studying its cuts may give clues to how he will do it again.