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'Apocalypse Now' is amazing - easily one of my favourite films of all time. That film captures my imagine unlike any other film. I've watched the redux plenty of times and it never seems to get old; the atmosphere makes the journey up river beyond riveting. Words cannot explain. It fucking rocks! The Godfather's were pretty good but the latter ones were a bit boring. I saw 'Rumble Fish' in the video shop but that also looks like it can be boring. I rented Dune instead (Ironically that also turned out to be a tad boring). What else has this man directed that is worth watching? |
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Next time you're in the video shop get "Rumble Fish" out, it's an amazing film. Great atmosphere, and not at all boring. Mind you, I like "One from the heart" as well, so... |
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full metal jacket... er no wait that was stanley kubrick. 2001: a space odyssey... oh damn nm kubrick again. tucker: a man and his dream the outsiders |
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Kubrick is the man! He deserves an appreciation thread. ....Coppola..... |
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i'm a big fan of Apocalypse Now and the Conversation. also the Godfather trilogy has a special place in my heart. but yeah: see the Conversation... it's pretty different, but way cool. |
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Coppola is a genius in his own way. His mental problems and depression during ALL of his shoots in the 70's helped in that way. The paranoia of the post-war is best demonstrated in his films, like Scorsese, DePalma. Godfather 1/2, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, One from the Heart, and Rumble Fish. I see no connection at all between Kubrick and Coppola, in the way they tell a story on screen. They are really different directors. Imho Rumble Fish is his last great movie imho (Dracula is "good"). There's something in it, some sort of expressionist magical poetry. Really looking at the box, you might think it's a simple movie, but once you start watching it, in all it's amazing Black and White shots, the way it ends, the atmosphere, the subtle messages, the poetry of art 24 frames per seconds. Never happen with him after that. There's some IDM in The Conversation in the sound design, fucked up ASP (Analogue Sound Processing, father of DSP!) ;) |
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what about scorcese ? kubrick and scorcese are the top 2 greatest american directors in my opinion. both very different and unique styles. |
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i liked the conversation and the godfather but i think apocalypse now sucks but i also hated heart of darkness so maybe that is related. |
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i actually prefer the second godfather film over the first one. deniro is fucking great in that. |
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oh man, in no way was i comparing the two directors. i was just being silly... or did i not have to explain that part? |
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Evol, it's just that so many people, when talking about directors, out of no where will post "OMG STANLEY KUBRICK IS TEH MAN!!!!". Even when it's like Uwe Boll r40f The Godfather Part II is a superior movie I think also. I mean just thinking about it, FIVE of it's actors had a nomination for an Oscar. That's amazing, FIVE! Oh and mimi I guess you're talking about the book, but if you ever have the chance, try to find out the documentary also called "Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse". It might enlight you on why ANow is a flawled masterpiece (like so many other movies). |
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The godfather was very boring to me. I bought it remembering it being good but probably confused it with something else like scarface (I just bought scarface so will find out). |
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The goodfellas sucked too or whatever it was called. Analyze this was a better.. uh italian gangster movie or something than that |
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really? that is pretty much the general consensus. I don't see why. I think the first one is much, much better than the second. |
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then again I also think "return of the jedi" is a better film than the overhyped "empire strikes back", so I'm probably just shit at watching films. |
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well that just proves it right there... ymenard: that's why i don't take things like this seriously. |
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how come everyone hates Heart of Darkness? |
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The book or the documentary? Btw they did a straight-adaptation of the book as a TV-movie back in the 90's. I would have also loved to see Orson Welles version of it, had he had the chance to do it completely. It would have been his first true movie, a year before Citizen Kane. The sets were build, casting was chosen, etc... Imagine his mindset at the time, perhaps it would have been a masterpeice like CK, in terms of how it would advance modern cinema. |
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imagine how it would make Citizen Kane less of a masterrpiece |
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The Conversation should be material researched by film students on how to do a modern suspense story right. IMO Coppola's pinnacle achievement. |
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