#apocalypse now

[bellamysgriffin]

@pscentral​ EVENT 49: LITERATURE Loosely-Based Differently-Titled Adaptations

[romanceyourdemons]

i love when a movie starts with the protagonist at what appears to be the bottom trough of a mental health spiral, only for us to discover that they’re actually at what may be considered a high water mark compared with what’s coming up

[cosmonautroger]

Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979

[vintage-tigre]

Francis Ford Coppola on the set of Apocalypse Now in the Philippines (1976)

A wild, unforgettable film-and it all began with chaos. A planned 5-month shoot spiraled into an 18-month odyssey. Tropical storms destroyed elaborate sets. Marlon Brando arrived overweight and wholly unprepared.

Martin Sheen suffered a breakdown and near-fatal heart attack mid-production. Filming finally wrapped in May 1977, but the madness continued -Coppola spent months buried in over a million feet of footage, endlessly editing and delaying release.

The result? A psychedelic, operatic masterpiece still reverberating through cinema history like the haunting whirr of helicopter blades at dawn.

[coolthingsguyslike]

[paulcirigliano]

[blackrider70]

RIP Robert Duvall