WHERE CAN I WATCH/RENT THE THEATRICAL RELEASE I CANT FUCKING FIND IT ANYWHERE HELP

“Apocalypse Now” has a daunting reputation but I really don’t understand it. I thought that the build up was good but its quality was diminished by an ending that I found to be terribly anticlimactic and did not understand why Kurtz wanted to die. I’m planning on watching it again soon, so can someone please explain why it is so revered so that I can at least appreciate the film?

Hey, why did captain Willard use a boat to go up the river to find Kurz? Throughout the movie there are several places up the river still clearly reachable with a helicopter. The boat journey makes for a good movie, but much of the hassle could have been avoided by just flying in with a chopper.

Watched the Final Cut of Apocalypse Now recently and felt I needed to make a video on it. This was my 7th edit lol, YouTube really going crazy with that copyright stuff. Would love to know what you guys think!

https://youtu.be/__Zx84FNT1g

I just saw the movie again and was wondering why they buried Lawrence Fishburne's character in Vietnam as opposed to sending his body home. Is it because they technically weren't supposed to be there?

So I rewatched apocalypse now for like the 50th time, and noticed how when Willard made the trade for the bunnies. Chief said something along the lines of “forget it captain I’ll stay with the boat”. And this also may be a stretch but how broken up he was about clean dying like he was way more broken up about it then the rest of the crew. So what do y’all think?

I've been wanting to watch Apocalypse Now for a while now, and I've heard the theatrical cut is by far the best, yet I can't find it anywhere. I've tried streaming services, but it's always either not on there or the redux/final cuts, which are apparently not very good. Same goes for DVD and even pirate websites. I live in the UK if that helps.

“Apocalypse Now” provided a unique viewing experience but I didn’t understand why Kurtz wanted to die despite feeling that he was helping the war and doing what he believed to be the right thing. Can someone please explain it?

It's all clear

My brother called me & asked me if I wanted to go see "Apocalypse Now". It was August, 1979, opening week-end for the film. I smoked a big fat joint waiting for my brother to come pick me up & I'm so glad I did. That movie was made to be viewed stoned out of your mind. No movie before or since has had such a major affect on me. It just blew me away. The photography, the music, the editing, the sounds, it was an incredible experience. That movie changed my life.

On my most recent watch the puppy really struck a chord with me. The puppy is a clear symbol of innocence and purity, first of all being a puppy but really hammered home by the fact that it's white. But watch the characters' actions around the puppy.

The woman on the boat does not want to hand it over. It's kind of absurd that she would be so foolish as to behave that way to maintain possession of the puppy. Rushing a soldier searching your boat is an obvious bad idea, and any Vietnamese (or Cambodian as the case may be) fishermen of the day would have known that. When I realized that in a sense, these soldiers are searching for a symbolic purity and innocence though (especially Chief) it made more sense, and made more sense that she didn't want to hand it over and might even be willing to die for it.

The very first thing the PBR crew do when they get ahold of it is manhandle it like barbarians, almost injuring it. Lance takes it and is the only one making an attempt to care for the puppy. Meanwhile, Captain Willard delivers the killing blow to its former caretaker.

At no point in this character's short journey does any of the PBR crew make any effort to feed it, nurture it, or protect it in any way, except for Lance who rather impotently zips it in his jacket. Then it simply vanishes at the bridge fight. We never see it get shot, we never see it run away, jump off the boat, nothing. It's just gone.

Food for thought, I thought.

I just watched Apocalypse Now for the first time, and it might be one of my top 10 films of all time. But there's one thing that's been on my mind about the ending.

Throughout the film, it's clear Willard notices the hypocrisy of killing Kurtz, while people like Killgore get a pass. And he slowly understands and admires Kurtz, to the point where it seems like he might join him, or become his successor. Even the previous assassin fell under Kurtz rule.

Yet not only does Willard kill Kurtz, he actually resists the temptation to play god and just leaves. So I was wondering what other people think of this, what stopped Willard from falling the same way?

Is this Willard refusing to fall to the level of Kurtz, and so is the "better man" in a sense? Is he actually more different from Kurtz than it may seem? Is Willard the man Kurtz would be if he able to look at his insanity from the outside?

I think I’m the only person who believes Redux is the best cut. All the “unnecessary content” fits the story perfectly in my opinion. I don’t think the film is slow, or suffers from “pacing issues”. Apocalypse Now is my favorite film of all time and I would consider myself a very big film buff. Very excited for Coppola’s next film, if he finishes it before the inevitable occurs.

I just know it’s at Pagsanjan Falls, I am currently trying to put together an archaeological excavation at the area. Would love to know the exact location of Kurtz’s Compound.

Does anyone have knowledge of the coordinates of the set?