FILM IN FOCUS: Apocalypse Now

FILM IN FOCUS: Apocalypse Now


Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979) reframes its perspective on the Vietnam War as an adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, largely restricted to the point of view of U.S. soldier Captain Willard.



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