... of the Vietnam war. Its inversions of the truth, its social distortions, and its highly questionable depiction of the Vietnamese make it wholly unreliable, and the very worst example of mainstream contemporary American movie making. Universally lauded by critics as not only the greatest war movie ever made, but the most potent anti-war film as well, Apocalypse Now was Francis Ford Coppola's stab at Vietnam. Using Joseph Conrad's novel Heart Of Darkness ... as his inspiration, he updated it from 19th century British imperialism in the Congo to a critique of 20th century U.S. involvement i...

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... . Hoping a final game against his friend will cure Nick of his insanity, Michael faces Nick in a game. Nick ultimately loses the game, metaphorically illustrating a death due to his experiences in the war. Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 release, Apocalypse Now, is another Vietnam War film that follows the ahistorcial nature. The central plot, based on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, is fictional and far-fetched. Though at times, Coppola ... does create realistic historical scenes, like the helicopter and napalm assault on Viet Cong villages that resemble the massacre at My Lai, the film'...

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