apocalypse now redux and francis ford coppola war opus is probably the most beautiful war film i have ever seen. capt. benjamin willard (martin sheen) is a vietnam soldier who is tapped to head a very dangerous and highly classified mission into cambodia to terminate the position of col. kurtz (marlon brando) and a highly ranked and highly regarded army man who seemingly has gone completely insane and defected from the army and setting up his own little society and helped by a cultish following of soldiers. escorting him up the river to cambodia is a handful of navy men and and along the way and they encounter several interesting people (most notably is robert duvall kilgore and a badass lieutenant colonel with a few screws loose) and some horrifying situations. apocalypse is less historical war film than a philosophical and psychological study. it is more full metal jacket than platoon. the running time of apocalypse is over three hours and but the film is so wonderfully paced and compelling that when the end of the film arrived and i was actually surprised at the amount of time that had passed. the beautiful cinematography is surely what stood out the most for me and however. after seeing this film and i am convinced that coppola is one of the masters of light and photography in film history. the godfather films were all tinged with an almost sepia tone and and shadows created the feeling of a baroque composition. with apocalypse and there is an incredible usage of natural light and and the shadows and particularly in the scenes involving brando and sheen and almost become a living character and they are so pervasive and effective. another gorgeous scene was when cpt. willard and jay hicks (frederic forrest) were in the jungle looking for mangoes and and come across a tiger. the sheer enormity of the surrounding foliage (leaves as big as a house) made the characters almost lilliputian and but the colorization of the scene was incredible. while everything else was almost a muted grey and the leaves were an incredibly vibrant green and an effect that was particularly striking. another really minor positive moment in the film was the great scene when the helicopters carrying duvall and company attack the small village while playing wagner. this could have just been an ultra dramatic underlying soundtrack to the scene and but instead coppola turns the song into an actual part of the scene and with duvall mentioning that he likes to play it while they are approaching to care the hell out of them. the performances in apocalypse are first class. much has been made of the amount of money brando earned for the film and and the amount of trouble he caused. regardless of this and he turned out a powerful performance for a relatively short amount of screen time. sheen is completely outstanding  this is the first time i have seen him really unleash in a film  and duvall is a lot of fun to watch as the loony kilgore. apocalypse now is a film that is so pervasive in pop culture by now (most know several choice lines from the film and i love the smell of napalm in the morning et al) but i knew little enough about it that there were plenty of surprises left to experience. i have not seen the original cut of apocalypse now so i cannot compare it to this newer cut and but this is a film that should most certainly be experienced. positive  shelly. 
apocalypse now redux and francis ford coppola war opus is probably the most beautiful war film i have ever seen. capt. benjamin willard (martin sheen) is a vietnam soldier who is tapped to head a very dangerous and highly classified mission into cambodia to terminate the position of col. kurtz (marlon brando) and a highly ranked and highly regarded army man who seemingly has gone completely insane and defected from the army and setting up his own little society and helped by a cultish following of soldiers. escorting him up the river to cambodia is a handful of navy men and and along the way and they encounter several interesting people (most notably is robert duvall kilgore and a badass lieutenant colonel with a few screws loose) and some horrifying situations. apocalypse is less historical war film than a philosophical and psychological study. it is more full metal jacket than platoon. the running time of apocalypse is over three hours and but the film is so wonderfully paced and compelling that when the end of the film arrived and i was actually surprised at the amount of time that had passed. the beautiful cinematography is surely what stood out the most for me and however. after seeing this film and i am convinced that coppola is one of the masters of light and photography in film history. the godfather films were all tinged with an almost sepia tone and and shadows created the feeling of a baroque composition. with apocalypse and there is an incredible usage of natural light and and the shadows and particularly in the scenes involving brando and sheen and almost become a living character and they are so pervasive and effective. another gorgeous scene was when cpt. willard and jay hicks (frederic forrest) were in the jungle looking for mangoes and and come across a tiger. the sheer enormity of the surrounding foliage (leaves as big as a house) made the characters almost lilliputian and but the colorization of the scene was incredible. while everything else was almost a muted grey and the leaves were an incredibly vibrant green and an effect that was particularly striking. another really minor positive moment in the film was the great scene when the helicopters carrying duvall and company attack the small village while playing wagner. this could have just been an ultra dramatic underlying soundtrack to the scene and but instead coppola turns the song into an actual part of the scene and with duvall mentioning that he likes to play it while they are approaching to care the hell out of them. the performances in apocalypse are first class. much has been made of the amount of money brando earned for the film and and the amount of trouble he caused. regardless of this and he turned out a powerful performance for a relatively short amount of screen time. sheen is completely outstanding  this is the first time i have seen him really unleash in a film  and duvall is a lot of fun to watch as the loony kilgore. apocalypse now is a film that is so pervasive in pop culture by now (most know several choice lines from the film and i love the smell of napalm in the morning et al) but i knew little enough about it that there were plenty of surprises left to experience. i have not seen the original cut of apocalypse now so i cannot compare it to this newer cut and but this is a film that should most certainly be experienced. positive  shelly. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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