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- Part of the production deal struck with locals to film on their land included trading animals, including chickens and pigs, for slaughter, Coppola said. Two water buffalo were also promised. "That was a big part of their compensation," he said.
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Aug 13, 2019 · For its 40th anniversary, Francis Ford Coppola has recut "Apocalypse Now," and shared Monday why a water buffalo was stabbed to death for the film.
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Apr 1, 2011 · Crucially, Kurtz acknowledged this by giving his Montagnard followers a water-buffalo, the symbolic means by which to celebrate his death and convey his soul to the afterlife.
Kurtz and the water buffalo. The intercutting of the killing of Kurtz and the water buffalo in Apocalypse Now heightens the symbolism and impact of Willard and Kurtz’s meeting. The water buffalo’s slaughter represents a ritualistic, primitive act of violence, resonating with the primitive instincts within mankind and serving stark reminder ...
Aug 6, 2023 · The moment comes at the end of the film, when Captain Willard (Sheen) brutally kills Colonel Kurtz (Brando) with a machete, as the director intercuts this moment with images of water buffalo being butchered.
- Martin Sheen had a heart attack in the middle of filming. In the middle of filming Apocalypse Now, the lead actor Martin Sheen suffered from a heart attack and had to take time off to recover from it.
- The Doors’ “The End” was initially played over the opening scene as a joke. The film from Apocalypse Now’s opening scene, with grainy images of helicopters flying across psychedelic landscapes, was actually fished out of the trash in the cutting room.
- Filming took more than ten times longer than expected. Shooting for Apocalypse Now was initially scheduled to last for six weeks, but it ended up taking 16 months.
- Laurence Fishburne lied about his age to get a role in the film. Back in 1979, very few moviegoers noticed a young Laurence Fishburne in Apocalypse Now.
When Willard hacks Kurtz to death, it syncs up with the scene of Kurtz's followers ritualistically killing a water buffalo outside—just like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon syncs up with The Wizard of Oz when you play them both at the same time. (It's true—they do.)
Apr 17, 2023 · Over the years Coppola has defended his inclusion of the water buffalo scene with the hands-off approach of “cultural relativism,” an idea first coined by anthropologist Franz Boas in 1887 ...
