Apocalypse Now (1979) – Review by Stanley Kauffmann
When I read three years ago that Vittorio Storaro had been chosen as the cinematographer for Apocalypse Now, I was shocked. Storaro, the lush…
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When I read three years ago that Vittorio Storaro had been chosen as the cinematographer for Apocalypse Now, I was shocked. Storaro, the lush…
However distant it may seem at first glance, Apocalypse Now remains not only deeply indebted to Conrad’s tale but not fully comprehensible without reference…
In The Power of Adaptation in "Apocalypse Now" Marsha Kinder critically compares and contrasts the film and the novel. In this article, Kinder states…
What does Apocalypse Now mean—the film as we have it, considering the minimal difference between the 35mm version with the title sequence and the…
Coppola’s "heart of darkness," like Conrad’s, is a triumph of style over story. Or rather, the description—words for Conrad, mise-en-scène for Coppola—is the story’s…
Apocalypse Now achieved its highest aspiration: Not only was it immersed in the historical period and place - Vietnam - but it was an…
Vittorio Storaro recalls the photographic challenges he confronted during the tumultuous production of Francis Ford Coppola's hallucinatory Vietnam War epic 'Apocalypse Now'
"The most important thing I wanted to do in the making of Apocalypse Now was to create a film experience that would give its…
Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now lives up to its grand title, disclosing not only the various faces of war but also the contradictions between excitement…
Apocalypse Now come segno della divisione fra il moderno e il postmoderno. Saggio di Francesco Binni
Viewed as a conventional updating of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now looks like not much more than a cannibalization.
Joseph Conrad, Cuore di tenebra, introduzione di Francesco Binni, traduzione di Luisa Saraval, Milano, Garzanti, 2002
Traduzione italiana del romanzo di Joseph Conrad pubblicato nel 1902
Speciale pubblicato dalla rivista "Duel" nel 2001 in occasione dell'uscita di "Apocalypse Now Redux"