Like the title of Joseph Conrad's novella that inspired it, Francis Ford Coppola's magnificent 1979 film "Apocalypse Now" is about darkness — the bleakness within the soul of a man crazed by war; the inky depths of a Cambodian river over which a lit-up...read the complete Apocalypse Now (1979) review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
t's amazing to realize that, within the span of a decade, Francis Ford Coppola directed three of the greatest American films of the 20th century: Godfather I and II and Apocalypse Now. While you could have long arguments about which movie is the best,...read the complete Apocalypse Now (1979) review at The Phantom Tollbooth
I didn't get the full impact of Apocalypse Now when I saw it at the Hollywood screenings in 1979. I had been angry at Francis Ford Coppola because I thought he was trying to hog all the press. Then I took a bunch of people to see it at the Cinerama Dome...read the complete Apocalypse Now (1979) review at RaEL Film Guide
My last mission got turned ass-backwards.
Every last word and syllable was deemed a failure; one shining case of "me." Trying "not" to talk about it backfired like a bullet against a cashier's window at a titty-bar, right into the abdomen....read the complete Apocalypse Now (1979) review at MovieWeb (B. Alan Orange)