71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola
USA
Synopsis

A metaphoric adventure of a classical nature -these being Coppola's own words- with anecdores and episodes from the Vietnam Was included.

The military staff gives Williard the mission of killing Colonel Kutz, who has made himself into a general of his troups while denying to obey North American orders. From here on the film becomes a long painful persecution next to the river which runs through the Vietnamese jungle. The trap eventually turn into the introspective journey of a man who ends up finding his true self. He who is pursued ends up adminring the persecutor with a fascination which suggest homosexuality. The two men are only two aspects of one same reality: the madness which every human being keeps alive only for this reason, for being human. 

Director
Francis Ford Coppola (USA)
Running Time
147 m.
Country
USA
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