Screen Report 10: Apocalypse Now

1. Apocalypse Now made it's debut in 1979 and was directed by the superstar director Francis Ford Coppola. Apocalypse Now is based on the Vietnam war and has a vey dark feeling to it's theme. There are plenty of movies based on the Vietnam war but this one is one of a kind. Apocalypse Now is widely set apart from Coppola's previous movies, making himself a wide range movie director. This movie was bound to bring in Coppola fans but might have easily left them shocked from the uniqueness of the film.

2. GQ magazine interviews Coppola on his film Apocalypse Now and gets his opinion on  the films. Coppola feels as if the film brings out a large element of risk. Creating the movie was a risk in itself. The film has a very unusual twist on war movies which seemed to shock the audience. It set itself apart from the other war films people have previously seen. The film was claimed to become a disaster but yet people kept coming to see the film. It gave the audience a bit of a shock factor which made it to be a film they couldn't stay away from.

3. Apocalypse Now was probably one of the earliest war movies I have seen. When Coppola compares it to movies previously made, I'm not quite sure how they differ from his film. But I can compare it to the war movies that have been made in the later years and can see that Apocalypse Now most certainly paved the way for many directors and their films on war. Coppola was brave enough to make a film he considered high risk but went for it anyway just to see how far he can take it.

4. Before watching this film, I have heard of it many times. I'm not quite sure if it has a large success rate because it was a worthy film or because the director Francis Ford Coppola is a favorite amongst millions. The fact that his name was behind the film definitely helped revenue the film while it made its first debut. I didn't enjoy the film for the simple fact that I usually don't enjoy films on war. But I did enjoy the fact that I can say I've seen another film directed by the wonderful Francis Ford Coppola.

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Name:____Corin Pascual_________  Date: _____5/13/14_____________