Filed under: Film, Literature | Tags: Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola, Marlon Brando, Poetry, T.S. Eliot, The Hollow Men
Francis Ford Coppola spent three years filming Apocalypse Now (one of my two favorite films along with Fellini’s 8 1/2). The work print that Coppola assembled was 5 1/2 hours, and contained many interesting segments that were cut out of the film. Many of these would resurface in the reedit, Apocalypse Now Redux in 2001. One of the more interesting scenes cut from the film was a reading of T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men” by Marlon Brando. I can completely understand why this was cut from the film, even though it is wholly appropriate to the tone and themes of the film and is interesting in its own. Regardless, it is still a beautiful rendition of the poem. This isn’t the scene from the film, but it is a creative visual presentation of the recital.
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