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its presenter me has some rather
embarrassing gaps in my film watching
history so I've decided to do a new
series of videos where I get a guest to
introduce me to a film I haven't seen
and the first guest I've got in this
series is very special and it is Gemma
from skip to the end and re-imagined hi
Gemma hi gram so Gemma of briefly tell
people where you're from but could you
just give us a little more detail on
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excellent thank you so which film have
you chosen for me I've chosen Apocalypse
Now right Apocalypse Now
so could you just tell me a little bit
about why you think I should see this
film well how to start it off it's a
film that nearly killed its own director
it's also film about war now a lot of
people out there might go war huh what
is it good for but this is one of those
films that you just can't price up away
from the TV it's a film that holds a
mirror to war and shows it for what it
truly is ugly gruesome and cruel and
it's a film that really does stay with
you for weeks on end once you've watched
it with a career turning performance
from marlon brando who pretty much makes
up his own lines his own
to deliver a scene that just completely
steals the whole movie from everybody
else and I think once you watch this you
are gonna love the smell of napalm in
the morning
Apocalypse Now is is well known for its
troubled production as it is for its
actual cinematic achievement now
released in 1979 production actually
began in 1976 director Francis Ford
Coppola enjoyed extreme weather that
destroyed the sets and overweight and
legendarily uncooperative Marlon Brando
and poor Martin Sheen suffered a nervous
breakdown and a heart attack lost
filming at six weeks behind schedule
and two million dollars over budget
Coppola had to put his house his car and
profits from the Godfather films on the
table to ensure that the film was even
completed after a lengthy and torturous
editing process the movie finally saw
the light of day in August 1979 initial
critical response wasn't favorable but
now Apocalypse Now is considered one of
the greatest war films ever made
okay so I've just watched Apocalypse Now
I watched the version that was on Amazon
Prime and it came in at about two hours
20 minutes I do know that there are
extended cuts and redux is and lots of
other versions out there but that's the
one I saw now I'm not gonna say it's a
film that I enjoyed it's a film that I
enjoyed and admired too clearly an
impressive piece of work the
cinematography the set pieces the
soundscape all amazing and the central
performances can't be overlooked
obviously Martin Sheen is amazing as
Willard Marlon Brando's brief but
intense portrayal of CAP Colonel Kurtz I
nearly called captain Kurtz
Colonel Kurtz was yeah it was a marvel
and I really really enjoyed Robert
Duvall as Kilgore and Dennis Hopper when
he popped up as the manic photographer
in the jungle yeah it's not a film I'm
gonna revisit anytime soon I don't
really want to put myself through that
again I tend to go to cinema vert I
enjoy and that gives me positive
feelings which is strange yeah I know
and I'm gonna be avoiding a lot of
important films with that philosophy but
you know that's me you know my feelings
on negativity if you watch my previous
film so in conclusion
gerrae I'm glad you recommended this
film to me I'm glad I've seen it it's an
important film and it's one that's had
Clint a clear influence on everything
that came after it but yeah I'm not
gonna watch it again Jemma thank you for
starting this series off in such great
fashion not a problem more than me I
just really hope that you enjoyed it and
finally please again just remind the
viewers where they can find you and your
work well you can find skip to the end
on twitter at st t ii podcast and for
reimagined head on over to you at
reimagine Guk both are a lot of fun
you're not gonna regret this
that was fantastic I really enjoyed
doing that and I will be back again soon
with another film that I really should
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