In Reply to: You must have missed the anti-war theme of Apocalypse. posted by oscar on October 13, 2006 at 06:02:47:
In the commentary Coppola mentions more than once that "Apocalypse Now" was not intended to be an anti-war film. The intent was to present Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" as a journey into surreal madness using the Viet Nam war as context.
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- Re: You must have missed the anti-war theme of Apocalypse. - rico 07:28:21 10/13/06 (1)
- Right and one must ignore the fact that the most divisive, explosive, and - tinear 08:53:04 10/14/06 (0)