The roulette scene is also a fucking good metaphor for the lottery of the war. In jungle war, any one could have been picked out at any time. It must have felt like that permanently. It has to be one of the single most powerful scenes in movie history ever. Your stomach is knots until they finally break out and it's like a "Whoooosh" of adrenalin. Debating whether it happened or not is legitimate for reasons of historical accuracy I guess but cinematographically it doesn't alter the power of that scene and the sheer horror it conveys.
Pretty sure all war is a lottery in the sense that you mean, especially today. cf. IUDs.
The roulette scene is also a fucking good metaphor for the lottery of the war. In jungle war, any one could have been picked out at any time. It must have felt like that permanently. It has to be one of the single most powerful scenes in movie history ever. Your stomach is knots until they finally break out and it's like a "Whoooosh" of adrenalin. Debating whether it happened or not is legitimate for reasons of historical accuracy I guess but cinematographically it doesn't alter the power of that scene and the sheer horror it conveys.
Pretty sure all war is a lottery in the sense that you mean, especially today. cf. IUDs.
Hearts of Darkness is amazing. There are so many mindblowing factoids that add immeasurably to the actual movie.
Beyond the much-publicized financial troubles FFC experienced (studio abandoned him, he put up his house, etc) there's also:
- Sheen's being actually drunk when king fu fighting in his room, punching the mirror an accidentally cutting himself.
- Philippine military requisitioning the choppers to put down a rebellion, delaying filming for weeks.
- Young Sophia running around the set.
- Brando showing up 100 lbs overweight, causing FFC to have to totally re-imagine Kurtz' character.
- Brando's lines being essentially adlipped gibberish which was pieced together out of order in post-production
- Hopper, etc...
I always thought it bittersweet that, rather then the cluster-fuck that was the making of Apocalypse Now, it was actually the twee One From the Heart marked the end of the Coppola golden period.
HarveyCanal said:
Full Metal Jacket is an adaptation of this book...
This is out of copyright at the moment so pretty easy to track down on web/app sites for free. Was interesting reading it years after originally seeing the film.
Out of all of them I'd always most happily return to Apocalypse Now but, considering the theme of the films, don't know if that's an indication that it's the best.
I always thought it bittersweet that, rather then the cluster-fuck that was the making of Apocalypse Now, it was actually the twee One From the Heart marked the end of the Coppola golden period.
HarveyCanal said:
Full Metal Jacket is an adaptation of this book...
This is out of copyright at the moment so pretty easy to track down on web/app sites for free. Was interesting reading it years after originally seeing the film.
Out of all of them I'd always most happily return to Apocalypse Now but, considering the theme of the films, don't know if that's an indication that it's the best.
Surprised that this is out of copyright - I thought just about everything published post 1964 had retrospective copyright protection, whether it was originally registered or not. Either way, great that it's available online because finding a copy for a decent price is not easy. Some of his sci-fi fiction is very collectable.
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Good movie, but def not in the running for 'best Nam flick'.
I just love it.
Did anybody see Tigerland?
:shitty: :talib: :hated_it:
Pretty sure all war is a lottery in the sense that you mean, especially today. cf. IUDs.
"Dispatches," includes the joke from a napalm squad, "Only We Can Prevent Forests." War humor in a nutshell...
Herr cowrote Full Metal Jacket, and you can clearly hear that in lines like, "What about women and children?" "DON'T LEAD THEM AS MUCH!"
One of the best war books I've read.
Also, this is a great, harrowing read about lrrp's - small recon teams dropped behind enemy lines in nam - left to survive on their wits.
amazon link
this was actually a really good short run comic
I remember liking this flick:
But my fav nam movies by far are Platoon and Apocalypse Now. Cant beat em.
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Yes, True Romance.
maybe the funniest part in the movie.
Anybody see the making of AN called Heart Of Darkness?
:raw:
I love what Coppola says about AN... :hard_as_fuck:
Beyond the much-publicized financial troubles FFC experienced (studio abandoned him, he put up his house, etc) there's also:
- Sheen's being actually drunk when king fu fighting in his room, punching the mirror an accidentally cutting himself.
- Philippine military requisitioning the choppers to put down a rebellion, delaying filming for weeks.
- Young Sophia running around the set.
- Brando showing up 100 lbs overweight, causing FFC to have to totally re-imagine Kurtz' character.
- Brando's lines being essentially adlipped gibberish which was pieced together out of order in post-production
- Hopper, etc...
The making of that movie was an incredible story.
This is out of copyright at the moment so pretty easy to track down on web/app sites for free. Was interesting reading it years after originally seeing the film.
Out of all of them I'd always most happily return to Apocalypse Now but, considering the theme of the films, don't know if that's an indication that it's the best.
Surprised that this is out of copyright - I thought just about everything published post 1964 had retrospective copyright protection, whether it was originally registered or not. Either way, great that it's available online because finding a copy for a decent price is not easy. Some of his sci-fi fiction is very collectable.