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Originally posted by Soul_Rebel
Yeah, apocalypse now is my favorite, redux version has some extra scenes in the house of the french officer where they had a political discussion about the vietnam war. The only movie about vietnam that said the things straight.
Francis Ford Coppola said:"This is not a movie about vietnam, this is vietnam itself".
Also it's one of the very few movies that last for hours and you love every single moment of it.
Brando had one of the most sucessful monologes (if not the best) in the history of cinema.
If anyone of you haven't seen it yet, do it now!
Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall and good old Rock music!
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My favorite Brando line from the movie was when he said to Martin Sheen's character -- "You are neither. You are the errand boy sent by the clerks to collect on a check."
The movie really was bigger than the Vietnam war. It spoke, to me at least, about the fact that all conflicts are internal and that if we had the will [ie., "don't get out of the boat unless you're going all the way"] we can pretty much do anything. And that everything is basically either our direct choice or consequences of our choice. The darkness is when the "crystal" clarity of will is muddled and we are too weak to confront it.