Apocalypse Now is produced and written by Francis Ford Coppola and co-written with John Milius. It stars Martin Sheen who plays Captain Benjamin L. Willard as well as a U.S. Navy patrol crew that are set out down the Cambodia river on a top-classified reconnaissance mission to assassinate a rogue colonel after the Vietnam War. Apocalypse Now is based on and mirrors the novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad’s “The Heart of Darkness” it implies that the separation of people from civilization reverts them back to their primitive state of being by showing them the negatives and positives of each other. The production of Apocalypse Now, during the Vietnam War, had a major impact the generation. The making of Apocalypse Now cost the production
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“The Heart of Darkness” is about a river boat crew adventuring down the Congo River in attempt to capture a gentleman by the name of Kurtz; the name is mirrored as the same name of the antagonist in Apocalypse Now. The connotation of the film and novella is inspired by the evil of humanity as it 's resembled in the evil of mankind as the river boat crew adventures downstream away from civilization. As the crew gets farther away from the river delta, the rules of civilization do not apply, and they lose their touch with humanity. This is evident in the film as well as in the novella. Colonel Walter E. Kurtz the antagonist in Apocalypse Now and Kurtz in “The Heart of Darkness,” both have the same final words before they die, “The horror, the horror.” The quotes from both characters are minor descriptions from the evil they have witness away living with a deselect tribe ("The Horror! The Horror! - Meaning and Usage."). On the contrary, modern society also has its brutal way of life such as the social issues that were also conflicting during the time such as war, racism, and classism. This idealistic thinking led Colonel Walter E. Kurtz to want to leave his military life and go rogue. During Kurtz manifesto, he says, “…and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared...” (Milius and Coppola). He entails even with modern civilizations are just as bad as the deselect tribe; Kurtz only way to escape the tribe was through his death. The final words from both characters are with readers and views interpretation.
“The Heart of Darkness” is about a river boat crew adventuring down the Congo River in attempt to capture a gentleman by the name of Kurtz; the name is mirrored as the same name of the antagonist in Apocalypse Now. The connotation of the film and novella is inspired by the evil of humanity as it 's resembled in the evil of mankind as the river boat crew adventures downstream away from civilization. As the crew gets farther away from the river delta, the rules of civilization do not apply, and they lose their touch with humanity. This is evident in the film as well as in the novella. Colonel Walter E. Kurtz the antagonist in Apocalypse Now and Kurtz in “The Heart of Darkness,” both have the same final words before they die, “The horror, the horror.” The quotes from both characters are minor descriptions from the evil they have witness away living with a deselect tribe ("The Horror! The Horror! - Meaning and Usage."). On the contrary, modern society also has its brutal way of life such as the social issues that were also conflicting during the time such as war, racism, and classism. This idealistic thinking led Colonel Walter E. Kurtz to want to leave his military life and go rogue. During Kurtz manifesto, he says, “…and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared...” (Milius and Coppola). He entails even with modern civilizations are just as bad as the deselect tribe; Kurtz only way to escape the tribe was through his death. The final words from both characters are with readers and views interpretation.