Analysis Of Apocalypse Now Redux

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Later in 2001, they produce an extended version of the first version named Apocalypse Now: Redux. Howard Hampton is a famous author born in 1958 wrote a film comment on the movie, Apocalypse Now: Redux. Howard commented that Apocalypse Now Redux is the reedition and restored version and had duration of three-hour nineteen minute. It is a director-cut movie, which includes all bold errors and cuts made by Coppola in the first version, Apocalypse Now. The first and last version included the same music of Doors and the Ride of the Valkyries. The first version won many awards and was premiered at the Cannes and the same reaction got for the second version. The audience will experience the same journey of the jungle fever and expect some scenes
Coppola said in an interview that all the scenes that were cut in the first version are included in the extended version. Coppola said he might produce another version by 2021. The DVD of the Apocalypse Now Redux had 14 hours of behind the scenes, deleted scenes, and some bloopers to show the funny side of the production. One important shot by Eleanor Coppola was included in the documentary; heart of darkness, but it was removed from the movie because Coppola thought that the scene is not able to merge in the story. In that scene, there is an unfold action of Captain Willard and the bloodshed eyes of Captain Kurtz or Coppola behind the camera. Orson Welles a famous film director also decided to make a movie based on the heart of darkness; and prepared to set camera lens through the eyes of Marlow, but the project went down and Francis Coppola got a chance to produce a movie. Apocalypse Now is a kind of movie that is impossible to be remade because it attracts and holds on the imagination to be best on the story of
The role of Captain Willard, Kurtz, and Robert Duvall were exaggerated to look little comical, but they pitched the dialogue perfectly and represents their character bold on the screen. The print of the Apocalypse Now Redux is new Technicolor color-dye which looks like a sunlight off the water and camera lens makes the river looks silent and gives river a scenic beautifully view. Francis Coppola quoted at the Cannes Film Festival “My Film is not a movie. My movie is not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam” (Francis Coppola, Cannes, 1979) to explain the reporters that film is produced with utter difficulties, but critically acclaimed. Apocalypse Now is a pure work of art and a masterpiece and feels like the dream turning into reality. Apocalypse Now is not about the war in Vietnam but it revolves around the psychology of a person in a war like situation. The special appearance of Coppola shouting at the extras that don’t look at the camera is a very unique scene that is not seen in TV movie and he sounded the voice just like him. The deleted scene is the Apocalypse Now Redux involves the disrespectful relationship with Willard’s PBR crew increases the feeling that scenes in the movie were not timely captured. The whole boat scene was shot again with the addition of new dialogs and

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