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Title: A Masterpiece of Sight and Sound
Review: Director Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" (1979) endures as a surreal, mesmerizing journey through the chaos of the Vietnam War. The passion and gamble of Coppola's masterpiece is a rarity in today's cinema. "Apocalypse Now" remains a textbook example of accomplished filmmaking with its innovative use of stereophonic sound, location cinematography and stream-of-consciousness narrative. Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest and Dennis Hopper deliver classic portrayals, while Marlon Brando's iconic, shadowy presence evokes the tortured madness of Col. Kurtz. Coppola's "unfinished" ending has been the subject of much debate, yet the final images remain haunting and provocative.
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