Release Date:
Friday, August 3, 2001
First off, we admit that we havent actually seen Apocalypse Now Redux. We have, however, seen the original and understand that Francis Ford Coppola has added an additional 53 minutes to this already epic tale of the heart of Vietnam darkness. Fifty-three minutes. Thats practically another films worth of deleted scenes. We dont know about you, but no movie is worth sitting in a cramped theater seat for four hours. Movies are meant to be enjoyed, not survived.
Dont get us wrong, we think Apocalypse Now is one of the greatest films ever made, but Redux is yet another in an increasingly disturbing trendthe Unnecessary Retool. First George Lucas went back and completely fucked up the original Star Wars trilogy (Greedo shoots first?) with bells and whistles that werent around in 1977. Then there comes rumor that Steven Spielberg has digitally removed guns from FBI agents hands for his upcoming theatrical re-release of E.T. Now Coppola, obviously realizing that people now associate him more with pasta sauce than filmmaking, has scoured the cutting room floor for anything to cram back into his war opus. Stop it, you idiots! You guys were once the cutting edge of movie making, but now youre nothing but lazy hacks. Dont think that reissuing old greats excuses you from making the likes Supernova, A.I., or Attack of the Fucking Clones!
Dont get us wrong, we think Apocalypse Now is one of the greatest films ever made, but Redux is yet another in an increasingly disturbing trendthe Unnecessary Retool. First George Lucas went back and completely fucked up the original Star Wars trilogy (Greedo shoots first?) with bells and whistles that werent around in 1977. Then there comes rumor that Steven Spielberg has digitally removed guns from FBI agents hands for his upcoming theatrical re-release of E.T. Now Coppola, obviously realizing that people now associate him more with pasta sauce than filmmaking, has scoured the cutting room floor for anything to cram back into his war opus. Stop it, you idiots! You guys were once the cutting edge of movie making, but now youre nothing but lazy hacks. Dont think that reissuing old greats excuses you from making the likes Supernova, A.I., or Attack of the Fucking Clones!