Apocalypse Now turns 40: rediscovering the genesis of a film classic
- Written by Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington
For the film's 40th anniversary, director Francis Ford Coppola has unveiled Apocalypse Now: Final Cut.
The ocean rushes below as suddenly the LOUDSPEAKERS BLARE out Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries.
So reads the screenplay for the 1979 war movie Apocalypse Now. It describes the sequence in which a squadron of American helicopters blasts Wagner...
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