Inhloso

UFrancis Ford Coppola wayefuna eminyakeni 70 ukwenza 'ifilimu yaseVietnam esuselwe kunoveli kaJospeh Conrad ethi 'Heart of Darkness'. Ku-Apocalypse manje krijgt uCaptain Willard (UMartin Sheen) umyalo wokwehla emfuleni ukuhlenga uColonel Kurtz wasenganekwaneni nodukile (UMarlon Brando) ukuthola.

Indlela yokwenza

Isabelomali: 12-13 izigidi zamaRandi.
Indawo yokuqopha: Philippines.
Iyasakaza: o.a. UMartin Sheen, UMarlon Brando, Robert Duvall.
Isikhathi sokusebenza esihleliwe: mayelana 17 amasonto.

Umphumela

• Isabelomali sisuke 12 izigidi zamadola cishe 31 million ukuze uCoppola azikhokhele ephaketheni lakhe.
• Isethi yefilimu yasezindaweni ezishisayo yacekelwa phansi yiSiphepho u-Olga.
• UMartin Sheen uhlaselwe yinhliziyo ngenkathi eqopha.
• U-Marlon Brando uqale i-adventure engalungiselelwe futhi ekhuluphele kakhulu. Wayelokhu esonga ngokuthi uzoyeka.
• Isikhathi sangempela sokusebenza siphelile 34 amasonto.

U-Coppola ngokwakhe wasebenzisa izidakamizwa eziningi futhi umshado wakhe wawungaphansi kwengcindezi.
Naye akakwazanga ukuqeda umbukwane wakhe, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokwesaba ukulandelwa imisebenzi yobuciko embalwa efana ne-Godfathers 1, 2 zu Ingxoxo, manje ukuza neflop. I-Coppola yayivame ukubhekwa ngabasebenzi kule filimu yempi njengojenene ohlanyayo owazama ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe wobuciko naphezu kwazo zonke izithiyo..

Izifundo

U-Coppola ngokwakhe uveze kanje: ‘Lena akuyona ifilimu ekhuluma ngeVietnam, le filimu iVietnam'. "Senze le filimu ngendlela efanayo abantu baseMelika abalwa ngayo impi yabo". Sasivilapha kakhulu, Imali eningi kakhulu, izinto eziningi kakhulu futhi kancane kancane saba amantongomane”.

Naphezu noma ngenxa yezinkinga, i-Apocalypse Now inamandla amangalisayo (anti-) ifilimu yempi mayelana nokungabi namandla nobuhlanya. Ekugcineni, ifilimu yaphuma ebomvu, wawina intende yegolide eCannes futhi wahudula ucezu noma 8 ukuqokwa kwe-oscar kumisiwe.

Ngokuqhubekayo:
Izigigaba ezizungezile ukukhiqizwa zithwetshulwe ngendlela engathandeki futhi ngendlela ehlaba umxhwele u-Eleanor Coppola kudokhumentari ethi Hearts of Darkness.: I-Apocalypse yomenzi wefilimu '. Ifilimu inezigcawu eziningi ezihlaba umxhwele ezisekelwa ukulingisa okukhumbulekayo kukaMartin Sheen, URobert Duvall osemncane kakhulu uLaurence Fishburne kanye noMarlon Brando. (www.filmupclive.nl)

I-Apocalypse yakudala Manje (1979) ngumqondisi uFrancis Ford Coppola ukhethwe abagxeki nabaqondisi bamafilimu baseDashi njengefilimu engcono kakhulu yesikhathi esidlule. 25 unyaka.

Umbhali: Bas Ruyssenaars
Umthombo: o.a. www.cinema.nl, www.IMDB.com, idokhumentari ethi ‘Izinhliziyo Zobumnyama: I-Apocalypse yomenzi wefilimu (1991)Izakhamizi zigqoka isidlulisi sesandla esithumela isaziso kuchwepheshe wezokunakekelwa kwempilo lapho bengena ngomnyango ongafanele.. www.filmsite.org

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