To understand this film, one must understand that this film is based on Conrad's famous book "Dark Mind", but it only moves the background of the original novel from Africa to Asia. The filming of the film is certainly related to the reflection on the Vietnam War at that time, but in fact, the war is basically a background. The core of the film is to reflect on oneself, especially the reflection on Western civilization. The group of French people who suddenly appeared in the film is just such a group of symbols. Although France has withdrawn from Indochina, this group of noble people cannot return to Europe because, as they themselves said, "This is our home, we There is nowhere to go." Colonel Kurtz murmured "Horror" repeatedly before he died, which deeply reflected the powerlessness of people facing the darkness of their hearts; when Willard killed Kurtz, The scene that appeared was: Kurtz's followers of faith once again fell under his feet. But this time Willard resisted the temptation of the soul and drove the motorboat out of the jungle in the depths of the Mekong River, leaving the darkness in the jungle forever, and the darkness in the human heart forever. Once a world that he considers to be civilized enters a world that he regards as dark, will it be able to bring civilization into the dark world as he imagined, or just sink into the dark world? This question is of eternal significance. This is not only what the original author Conrad wanted to ask, but also the reason why the film was regained attention by the Western film industry after 9.11. Director Coppola re-edited the film so that the new version that appeared after 9.11 was more than three hours long, while the old version that was originally released was only more than two hours. In short, this is a very philosophical film, but before watching it, we have to do our homework first.
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