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The Interesting Transformations of Apocalypse
Now

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• Kulin, Jong, Matt, and
• Bryce-Brise

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Joseph Conrad and the Story of Heart of Darkness

• Born in 1857, Conrad became a sailor at 17, and
  captainship of a steamboat through the Belgian
  Congo inspired HoD.

• Main narrative told by character of Marlow, who
  finds himself interested in a man named Kurtz.

• Marlows search for Kurtz ends up being very
  bizarre, and ends up finding Kurtz a lunatic
  god in the middle of the jungle.

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The Story of Apocalypse Now

• Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Based on Heart
  of Darkness.

• Narrative told by Cpt. Willard, whos assigned by
  the U.S. Army to go into Vietnam and find the
  missing Col. Kurtz.

• Willards search for Kurtz ends up being very
  bizarre, and ends up finding Kurtz a lunatic
  god in the middle of the jungle.

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Some Greater Similarities of the Two Stories

• Russian Trader-American Filmmaker

• Africa-Vietnam

• The Company-U.S., Imperialism-War

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Some More Detailed Similarities betwixt the Two
Stories

• Marlows Motivation for Leaving
  Sense of Adventure v. Lack of Purpose

• Impressionism and Delay Decoding
  Significance revealed later on, creation of
  visual images

• Kurtz Death
  Illness v. Slaughter

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T.S. Eliots Hollow Men

• Indictment of modern man and the failure of the
  confidence that characterizes it.

• No middle ground- Kurtz tries to bridge civilized
  w/ uncivilized, the straw men are unable to
  choose which direction they will take.

• Mr./Col. Kurtz at least believed in what he was
  doing- no matter how horrific the results.

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The Music of Apocalypse Now, especially Ride of
the Valkyrie

• Opening clip features a jungle being napalmed,
  set to the Doors The End

• Wagner, an anti-semite and German nationalist
  (Hitler was a big fan), wrote Valkyrie into his
  The Ring of the Niebelungs

• Comparison between Nazi invasion U.S.
  involvement in Vietnam

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The End!

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