Apocalypse Now

I was watching Apocalypse Now the other night for the first time in a long long time! I forgot how great of a film it truely is. Its such an intense piece of work. How it didnt win the Best Picture of 1979 I will never understand. Robery Duvall as Col Kilgore is just simply fantastic! What a crazy jourbey the whole movie is. I watched the Redux version so there were some added scenes not in the original film. I remember reading about how Marlon Brando showed up for filming really fat and thats why his scenes as Col. Kurtz are shot in the shadows so you cant really see him, funny thing is I think this actually worked to make the film better. I would like to see what the plans were for the Character Col. Kurtz would have been had Brando been in shape? I always enjoy films where the main character is a mystery, here in this film you have Martin Sheen as Capt. Willard. Really kind of a non likeable character yet you find yourself interested in his mission but eventually you start to understand how truely screwed up he is becoming and you start to feel for him and also Col. Kurtz to an extent. The stories about the making of the film are as interesting as the film itself! A true fim classic!