Guess my words, according to scott, made a mark: "your brilliant comment on Apocalypse Now, televised body counts and more made my day, and won you a free copy of the Blu-ray."
My redux comments:
As a child watching the Vietnam War on television, I learned that body counts were key to victory. After watching "Apocalypse Now," including the original release and the redux, I've grown to appreciate the reality that an unreal media like cinema portrays about the fog and horror of war. Coppola, Hopper, Sheen, Duvall, Fishbourne and Brando captured the inside story of what made the television news so shocking. Such vision comes once in a lifetime - Eisenstein, Capra, Coppola...filmmakers such as these set standards few can achieve.
With the original film and redux in my movie collection, I will add the new Blu-Ray edition, whether I win it here or not. Either way, I thank wired.com for helping us to remember that cinematic versions of war are just as important as history books in helping us recall why we should think first, ask questions and shoot up the place as a last resort.
As I told scott, war and body counts are perennial, aren't they? Historians tell us their worth, etc., and so on. Coppola - his cast and crew, too - made it fun and insightful to watch, at least. Look forward to seeing the 1080p flick in crisp and clear Blu-Ray.
We can choose how our species interacts. How we make heroes. How we live and die.
In my thoughts, stopping intolerance is the only enemy to dispense with. "How" is "why" and sometimes war is the only answer we can find but never the only one.
The "Year of the Woman" does not mean more females in the U.S. Congress but a New Perspective on life. Think about it - 50% of us usually do.
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