Episode 274 · Film year 1979
Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Special Guest
- Fax Bahr
- Guest Co-Hosts
- Paul Zimmerman, Richard Edwards
Show notes
We get off the boat and go all the way on this episode about Francis Ford Coppola's landmark 1979 Vietnam film Apocalypse Now. Based on a script by John Milius, the making of the film is nearly as fascinating as the film itself. To that end, Fax Bahr, director of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse discusses the creation of the fascinating and illuminating documentary about Apocalypse Now.
Professor Rich Edwards and former Film Threat editor Paul Zimmerman (opens in a new tab) join Mike to examine the film, the "Redux" version, the nearly five-hour assembly version, and many of the parodies that the film has inspired from Porklips Now to Apocalypse Pooh and more.
Professor Rich Edwards and former Film Threat editor Paul Zimmerman (opens in a new tab) join Mike to examine the film, the "Redux" version, the nearly five-hour assembly version, and many of the parodies that the film has inspired from Porklips Now to Apocalypse Pooh and more.
Labels: Film Threat Francis Ford Coppola Fred Roos George Lucas John MIlius Marlon Brando Martin Sheen Paul Zimmerman Richard Edwards Walter Murch
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Music credits
- "Apocalypse Now" - Koto
- "Charlie Don't Surf" - The Clash
- "Holiday in Cambodia" - The Dead Kennedys
Links & resources
- Buy Apocalypse Now: The Disclosure Edition on Blu-ray (opens in a new tab)
- Watch Apocalypse Now: The Workprint (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Notes: The Making of Apocalypse Now by Eleanor Coppola (opens in a new tab)
- Buy The Apocalypse Now Book by Peter Cowie (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Apocalypse Now Scene-by-Scene by John David Ebert (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Porklips Now on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Virgin Noir (Indie Legends of the 1990s Volume 1: Icons) by Paul Zimmerman (opens in a new tab)
- Read The Holy Grail of Workprints: The Five Hour Rough Version of Apocalypse Now on Cinephilia and Beyond (opens in a new tab)
- Read Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now Must Be the Key Lecture in Anyone's Filmmaking Education on Cinephilia and Beyond (opens in a new tab)
- Read Napalm in the Morning storyboards for the Ride of the Valkyries scene (opens in a new tab)
- Read The New Cinema: A Fascinating Documentary on the Restructuring of 1960x Hollywood on Cinephilia and Beyond (opens in a new tab)
- Keep up with Rich Edwards at Noircast.net (opens in a new tab)
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Comments (10)
The Foreign Viewer Just like Hearts of Darkness, your behind the scenes story about the interviews you couldn't get is as interesting as the episode. Great guests. Fax Bahr sounds like a cool guy, but his name is one of the fakest-sounding real names I think I ever heard. :D Rob Lowe's crass but beautifully animated canceled retro-1980s action parody show "Moonbeam City (2015)" parodied Hearts of Darkness in its second episode - Lights! Camera! Reenaction! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5058212/reference . Take care and all the best. :)Tad Flaccid The sound quality of this podcast was, to put it bluntly, garbage. It is a testament to the quality of the content that I endured what was often a painful listening experience to make it all the way through the podcast. Really great work but really poor production. I look forward to listening to more of y'all's work and will also be kicking some money to the podcast.Mike White Interesting. This is the first I've heard that this didn't sound so good. I know Rich's audio cut out some but I thought I made that sound a little better than it was. Can you listen to another recent episode and see if that sounds as bad to you? I'm definitely interesting in making improvements.Tad Flaccid Thanks for the quick response. I tried downloading it a couple of times and also listening to it directly. It only seems to have been this episode. I listened to the Battlefield Earth episode yesterday (also excellent BTW) and the sound was fine. I have three or four more downloaded that I'll be listening to over the next couple of days.Mike White I'll investigate but I'm glad that other episodes are sounding okay. Thank you!
Anonymous Harrison Ford's character is named Lucas. Coincidence?Scott Lefebvre Excellent episode as usual. My favorite part was the subtle Kenneth Anger reference.diavoli Glad you incuded the Criswell video, his interpretation is very interesting. Heres hoping that his legal issues with the Kubrick estate are resolved.Anonymous Wow. Wow wow wow wow wow. Absolutely blistering show. Wow. So well orchestrated, so well structured, amazing guests. One of the best I've heard. It's a delight to contribute to such a high class operation. Wow. My parents snuck me into the University theatre in '79. I was 14. Before people were in their seats the movie just started. The very definition of epic. Have never fully recovered. For me that's the definitive version. And the sound on the program was lovely.Anonymous I was surprised no one mentioned the Seinfeld parody where Mr. Peterman was in some foreign country and spoke creepily like Kurtz.