Friday, December 16, 2011

Heart of Darkness / Apocalypse Now



As promised, here is the open thread for you folks to discuss your thoughts regarding Joseph Conrad's, Heart of Darkness and Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Don't be bashful. Reach out to your classmates. You may find that their thoughts lead you in a direction you hadn't before considered, or that you might take them somewhere they had likewise never considered.

You might be pleased to know that Apocalypse Now: Redux has - today - become available on streaming Netflix for anyone who subscribes to the service and might like to review the film.

Links to the script and IMDb entry ...

As for the images from the film that I've included ... each comes from a scene that I think could be key in your understanding of the work. Consider each ...

Half in the light, half out ... questioning Willard as a teacher might question a student.
 
How's this for primitive?

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