Fragments on Apocalypse Now

Edwina 2021-10-13 13:05:38

"Apocalypse Now" is a dark story. In fact, the original novel it draws from is called "Dark Heart", a work by Joseph Condela. I have always guessed that when Francis Coppola read this novel for the first time, he was determined to put it on the screen. I just can't be sure that when he read the novel, it was before the Vietnam War or after the Vietnam War. However, fortunately, there is no essential difference between the Congo River in "Dark Heart" and the Mekong River in "Apocalypse Now". The climates of the African jungle in the 19th century and the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia in the 20th century are so similar. The most important thing is people. The heart is the same. Along the Congo River, it is surrounded by the unique bushes of Black Africa and the local indigenous people like ghosts. Along the Mekong River, it is also surrounded by endless swamps, low bushes and ghost-shaped woods. Vietnamese civilians, there is a unique rhythmic sound of artillery fire. Sitting on a small boat like this, whether it is the most primitive canoe or a diesel boat with mechanical assistance, people will inevitably have such strange thoughts as if they have become a lone tree, a river. It has become a branch nerve in the brain, and he is falling along the darkest and most easily aroused primitive desire in human nature.
"Apocalypse Now" is the confrontation between primitive and civilized, the confrontation between reason and instinct. A battle hero who once made great achievements in battle, in the fierce and cruel war, found the true desire deep in his heart, or as Stephen King said, "Actually, the devil in your heart found you", he found that since War is so perverted, human nature and so-called good reason give way to madness. Under the supremacy of the state, all truth, goodness and beauty are strangled, so instead of being a victim, it is better to create a world by yourself and let others become your own victim. This is a very normal reasoning conclusion, and it is also the inevitable belonging of the dictator.
We found that "Apocalypse Now" turned out to be such a story. In the deepest part of the Vietnam War, in the deepest part of the Mekong River, in the deepest part of human nature, Satan was sitting there, waiting for a soldier to kill him, or waiting An inheritor.
There is a view that rationality is just a flower in a greenhouse. People start talking about the light of rationality when they are full of food and drink, and worry about food and clothing. People are human because they get rid of the animal instinct. And how people should establish a complete set of ethical systems, but if everyone is placed in a desperate and helpless environment, the so-called human rationality will all collapse, and what is left is pure and simple animalism— -The instinct to survive, the instinct to hunt, and then the instinct to kill.

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  • Henri 2022-04-23 07:01:01

    #North Film Festival# Fraser said: "Modern primitive-minded people believe that their safety depends on the survival of a god-like figure, but he will eventually age according to the laws of nature until he dies. If he is allowed to die naturally, follow him With old age and infirmity, and with diminishing powers, catastrophe could happen at any moment, and the only way to avoid this danger is to kill him as soon as possible, when he is already showing signs of disease."

  • Elenora 2021-10-20 18:58:50

    Double achievements in commercial art, the perfect integration of the author's film and the system; road and journey narrative mode, idea film, breaking the documentary style of Hollywood war films and entering the world of surrealism; superimposed close-ups, power worship, 5.1 sound burst, Rembrandt Light, it was not finished when the Palme d'Or was taken. Coppola said it was "not about the Vietnam War, it is the Vietnam War itself." 202min rescreening version

Apocalypse Now quotes

  • AFRS Announcer: [radio announcer] And now here's another blast from the past coming out to Big Cind, all alone in the men's room out there with the First Battalion, Thirty-fifth Infantry, and dedicated by the fire team at An Khe to their groupie CO, Fred the Head: The Rolling Stones' Satisfaction.

  • Willard: Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a mission, and for my sins, they gave me one. Brought it up to me like room service. It was a real choice mission, and when it was over, I never wanted another.