I recently revisited one of my favourite films, Coppola's Apocalypse Now. It was the Final Cut so there were new things to see, namely, I think, the French family plantation section. I'm convinced I've never seen that before.
Couldn't spot anything else but it is a long flick. My favourite element is Martin Sheen's narration (it certainly sounds like him). I could listen to it all day long, especially as it fades out as the scene takes over.
The dialogue in general is just fabulous, even beyond the famous I love the Smell of Napalm ....
A great little line, one of many, is in the narration:
"Air Mobile (pronounced mobul), well, those boys just couldn't stay put!"
A superb movie: riveting, shocking, hypnotizing. Realistic? That I don't know.
Do you like it readers? Are you a fan of Coppola?
One of my favorites. The other significant addition, I believe, is all that time with the Playmates at that muddy camp in the rain.
ReplyDeleteHmm. I think I've seen that playmates section before Baron.
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DeleteThanks Baron!
DeleteEmbarassed to say, I've never seen it.
ReplyDeleteI know, I know, but that's how it is.
Must see it in 2026.
You'll enjoy I'm sure Mish.
DeleteI saw AN on it's first release
ReplyDelete-when it didn't have any end credits and every cinemagoer got a printed handout, so they could find who did the catering.
For one of the few times in my cinema viewing, I was profoundly affected by what I saw. During the helicopter attack my ears were being revved up by the Ride of the Valkyries and my eyes were being repulsed by the destruction.
My brain felt like it was being pulled in two different directions at the same time.
Only rarely am I affected by such skillful emotional manipulation as that.
I can think of the curtain raising on La Wally in Citizen Cain and Robert Shaw smashing up his Rolls Royce in The Hireling...
Do you have any similar cinematic moments like that, Moonbasers?
Great memories Looey. I remember as a kid being incredibly moved by Ring of Bright Water and Born Free.
Deletepossibly my favourite part is the opening scene, with the Doors slowly building track and the Hueys sailing past the distant palm trees, before the napalm silently erupts and the scene crossfades into the fan spinning on the ceiling of Sheens hotel room, as he dips in and out of memory an blurring reality. Awesome. Bill
ReplyDeleteThat Doors track The End was so good in this film it was as if it had been written for it Bill.
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