Apocalypse Now Redux
2001
Synopsis
Vietnam, 1970. Captain Willard takes a journey upriver to assassinate Colonel Kurtz, a once-promising officer who has gone completely mad. In the company of a Navy patrol boat filled with street-smart kids, an Air Cavalry officer, and a freelance photographer, Willard ventures into enemy territory.
Editorial
The “Redux” cut of this visionary Palme d’Or-winner builds on Francis Ford Coppola’s hallucinatory reworking of Heart of Darkness. With a mythic, truly unforgettable appearance by Marlon Brando, Apocalypse Now traces a visceral descent into madness to comment on the folly of war.
