What I want to say most after watching it is, why did it take me so long to watch so many soap operas (relative to this one)?
Why don't I watch more films like this that make me rethink my life?
This film, I heard that after its release, did not get the same popularity and applause as the "Godfather" series trilogy. On the contrary,
"In 1979, Coppola made the adventure drama Apocalypse Now . In this film, he tried to use a philosophical point of view to describe how violence, represented by war, alienates people. In order to make this film , he spared no expense, costing a total of 36 million US dollars. After the film was released, the American critics were dead, and the audience did not show the enthusiasm of Coppolas for this high-cost new film, and did nothing at the Oscars. , which made him suffer a major blow. However, Coppola won the Palme d'Or at the 32nd Cannes International Film Festival for this film .[11]
” (from Baidu Encyclopedia)
Is it amazing? Not miraculous at all. Because this film is too profound and too cruel.
profound
The fact is that, 40 years ago, it did not tell a complete story like the war films or other films at that time, but was described in an "autobiographical" area, like a man who had participated in the war recalling a life of his own. stage. At this stage, there is joy, there is fighting and killing, and more, it is lonely talking to oneself. Yes, talking to oneself, people can't figure it out.
The music at the beginning can also be seen as a narration "...lost in the bitter wasteland left by the Romans, all the children lost their minds, and all the children lost their minds, waiting for the summer rains."
"Saigon, damn, I'm still in Saigon. Every time I wake up, I think I'm in the forest. I didn't talk to my wife until I got divorced. When I was on the battlefield, I wanted to go home. But when I got home , I really want to go back to the forest."
These narrations are the signals that fancis coppola wants to convey to everyone. Unfortunately, very few people can really decipher these codes, even the critics at the time. In fact, it seems that these passwords are difficult? not at all. "The wasteland left by the Romans", which is left by the Romans, not only symbolizes the original Western civilization, but also symbolizes the modern civilization of mankind. Well, it's these civilizations that make "all the kids lose their minds." Who are the kids? It is a human being infiltrated under Western civilization, why have they lost their minds? This is what the director wants to discuss with everyone.
cruel
It is that he is talking about you, me, the human beings at that time, and the human beings now. It is the future of mankind, our children and grandchildren. What has changed is only the form of war, and what has remained the same is the killing heart.
Isn't this cruel?
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