Apocalypse Now: Final Cut. (15.)
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne and Dennis Hopper. 183 mins. Four-disc 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray set or Steelbox edition, exclusive to Zavvi.
Nothing has given greater pleasure this year than getting my hands on this. With all three versions - Final Cut, original and Redux, plus Eleanour Coppola's Making-of documentary Hearts of Darkness and a host of features this really is all you'd ever need about Apocalypse Now.
A few minor quibbles would be that with all these documentaries and commentaries and interviews you do end up hearing the same anecdotes over and over again, though to be fair this is probably true of all non-vanilla releases, and with a wealth of tales to tell there isn't too much repetition. Anyway, what's the point of making a war film if you can't get old telling war film stories about it?
Slightly more frustrating is that although it has all the technical info on how it was made – the editing, the sound, the casting, the remixing - there is nothing on the differences between the three versions. A previous release of Redux had a function where you could choose to have a discrete visual on-screen notification informing you of when a scene was not featured in the original. I'd have really liked that here as outside of the obvious additions there are plenty of moments when you wonder if that is new or had always been there. It's a frustrating oversight in my opinion, but not enough to get too broken up over.
Disc One
Final Cut with a brief intro by Francis Ford and his optional commentary.
Disc Two.
The Original theatrical and the Redux versions, the latter with optional Coppola commentary.
Disc Three
A whole bunch of doc, featurettes and interviews, most of which come from previous releases. Highlights are Coppola interviews with John Milius and Martin Sheen.
Disc Four
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (with optional commentary by Francis and Eleanour Coppola.)
Most of the rest of this disc has new features including the 50 minutes interview with Steven Soderbergh filmed at Tribeca when the Final Cut was premiered and shown in cinemas when the Final Cut was screened in the summer.
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne and Dennis Hopper. 183 mins. Four-disc 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray set or Steelbox edition, exclusive to Zavvi.
Nothing has given greater pleasure this year than getting my hands on this. With all three versions - Final Cut, original and Redux, plus Eleanour Coppola's Making-of documentary Hearts of Darkness and a host of features this really is all you'd ever need about Apocalypse Now.
A few minor quibbles would be that with all these documentaries and commentaries and interviews you do end up hearing the same anecdotes over and over again, though to be fair this is probably true of all non-vanilla releases, and with a wealth of tales to tell there isn't too much repetition. Anyway, what's the point of making a war film if you can't get old telling war film stories about it?
Slightly more frustrating is that although it has all the technical info on how it was made – the editing, the sound, the casting, the remixing - there is nothing on the differences between the three versions. A previous release of Redux had a function where you could choose to have a discrete visual on-screen notification informing you of when a scene was not featured in the original. I'd have really liked that here as outside of the obvious additions there are plenty of moments when you wonder if that is new or had always been there. It's a frustrating oversight in my opinion, but not enough to get too broken up over.
Disc One
Final Cut with a brief intro by Francis Ford and his optional commentary.
Disc Two.
The Original theatrical and the Redux versions, the latter with optional Coppola commentary.
Disc Three
A whole bunch of doc, featurettes and interviews, most of which come from previous releases. Highlights are Coppola interviews with John Milius and Martin Sheen.
Disc Four
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (with optional commentary by Francis and Eleanour Coppola.)
Most of the rest of this disc has new features including the 50 minutes interview with Steven Soderbergh filmed at Tribeca when the Final Cut was premiered and shown in cinemas when the Final Cut was screened in the summer.
