Stories Behind This Scene in APOCALYPSE NOW | Ep21

Stories Behind This Scene in APOCALYPSE NOW | Ep21 | Making Apocalypse Now

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The stories behind the Apocalypse Now production just keep getting weirder and weirder, and while you’d think that simply decorating the Kurtz compound wouldn’t be that bizarre, in this episode I’ll be telling you some crazy stories including a revolt from an army of monkeys and the entire crew nearly getting arrested for decorating the set with real dead bodies. But first, a story about how these guys ruined a whole day of shooting.
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@sawyerstudio Ай бұрын

These should be combined when finished and released on the 50th anniversary blu ray, they're that good. What a labor of love.

@FIREBRAND38 Ай бұрын

I'd buy it! I second the motion.

@antoinepetrov Ай бұрын

Definitely. I don't think anyone has ever done a more detailed and longer documentary on any film

@cesarmiranda8676 Ай бұрын

RIP Eleanor Coppola

@williams.4026 Ай бұрын

The best series of film essays I’ve ever seen and I can’t wait for the next episode.

@RaikenXion Ай бұрын

I'm a big starwars fan and although the Empire of Dreams documentary is really good, i'd luv to see this guy do his own film essay version of the OT.

@molanohouse 25 күн бұрын

This is a documentary, not an essay.

@Ruylopez778 Ай бұрын

I can think of no greater tribute to the Coppolas and everyone else in the cast and crew and what they endured than to study it in such depth and with such care. The layers of myth, chaos, absurdity, danger, frustration, confusion and madness that surround the movie and the production give us a deeper appreciation of what it means to be an artist, make art, or commit wholeheartedly to any endeavour. Inspiring, terrifying, fascinating, this series unlocks and expands on the movie and the accompanying documentary, at a time the current world is plagued by psychopathic entities, propaganda and lazy, derivative art. RIP Eleanor.

@radosawkos2473 Ай бұрын

Last time I watched Apocalypse Now I had gotten the idea of the whole film being a metaphore for biblical Way of the Cross. Look at this all this symbolism, Willard just like Christ is heading towards certain death and confrontation with evil, both had their doubts and moments of uncertainty. Willard is ready to sacrifice himself and call in the airstrike, carrying the radio with him all the way like Christ carried his cross. And not forget the stops on the way, each one could stand alone as a point of reflection on all this journey. I know this was propably never intended to be interpreted like this by any of the producers but its just an interesting perspective and adds depth to the picture. BTW Great work Tyler. I really love your stuff, the effort you put in any of those episodes just amazes me. Stay that way my guy

@DavyDredd14 Ай бұрын

The Passion of the Errand Boy

@davidcarlamere7167 Ай бұрын

Great documentaries. One of my favorite things to watch on youtube and always looking forward to the next episode. Someday this series is gonna end.

@en21b Ай бұрын

What is truly amazing is the dedication to making the temple set, as well as the rest of the movie, as authentic as possible, by hand. I know there are other older productions that used large hand built sets for movies, Liz Taylor's Cleopatra comes to mind, but watching footage of people making it on set is awesome. I really love the passion the production crew had for wanting to bring the best possible movie to audiences. Not saying there isn't that type of love in any movie made today. However, with technology such as it is, to bring those types of visuals to a movie today takes no more than a graphic design artist to render the set on a computer. I know there is more to it. I am just simplifying. It just seems to me the real love in making movies is kind of gone in today's cinema. Again, not saying this is the case for every movie made today. That being sad I really love this docu-series on the making of Apocalypse Now. When you are done with the last episode Tyler, I look forward to a KZfaq super cut so I can re-watch them again one after another.

@fruitsy_ Ай бұрын

i hope something happens in the world that takes us back to a slightly less digital driven world..i long for the days of radio/typewriters & gramophones...keeping this amount of data exclusively on social media is dangerous..look at what's happening with internet archive

@phaedrussmith1949 9 күн бұрын

I see you like Dark Side of the Moon. Have you ever played it over Apocalypse? It syncs uncanny.

@dereksun3258 Ай бұрын

This movie so good we still talking about it 50 years later

@user-gv5wz9nn4m Ай бұрын

Watched apocalypse now recently, and then started binge watching this series, just wanted to say that I've been enjoying it and I learned a lot, so thanks!

@brianwilkowski9754 Ай бұрын

We’re FINALLY at the Kurtz scenes! This is gonna be great

@michaelhall2709 Ай бұрын

Oh, my. I’d had no knowledge of Eleanor Coppola’s passing until just this moment, and I had to pause the video to express my feelings about it. Like you I had read “Notes” many years ago, and it had fueled much of my obsession with APOCALYPSE NOW over the years. In the book Eleanor Coppola basically fills the role of Willard in being the audience surrogate in a carnival of madness, but she’s actually more like Conrad’s original narrator Marlowe in that she’s a pretty normal wife and mother surrounded by maniacs, chief of whom is the artist-wannabe-hero she’s married to. Her musings on the meaning of it all, including dealing with her husband’s revealed infidelity, give the book a sympathetic human perspective that’s largely absent from HEARTS OF DARKNESS and APOCALYPSE itself. As to the Kurtz compound, no question that if (like HEAVEN’S GATE) the film hadn’t turned out to be a masterpiece, it would have been a major scandal. Edit: reading her obit from The Guardian I see that she grew up in my hometown of Huntington Beach, and graduated from my alma mater HBHS the year I was born. Pretty cool. RIP.

@kamuelalee 19 күн бұрын

RIP Eleanor Coppola, a great artist in her own right.

@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 Ай бұрын

Hopper? Causing trouble? I don't believe it.

@traumgeist Ай бұрын

David Letterman hit the nail on the head with the One From The Heart comment. Since Coppola already gave up the motorboat, he ended up having to direct a third Godfather movie to avoid losing the house.

@mikaeldk5700 Ай бұрын

This series is pure gold. When it is finished, I beg you: Please make a "The Making Of: "Making Apocaplypse Now by CinemaTyler"" series. I would watch every minute.

@Man_Ray78 10 күн бұрын

Dennis Hopper as Photojournalist is my favorite of the whole film! I recently saw this well made documentary about Hopper that showed him talking about how he was totally wasted on set of Apocalypse Now. But Coppola losing his Eleanor now, when he finally finishes his newest movie, Megalopolis must be extra devastating.

@nameiskarim Ай бұрын

Another great Video. Thank you Cinema Tyler for delivering again 🙏

@Cancoillotteman Ай бұрын

your quality of work is purely astounding !!!

@Novobranec Ай бұрын

As always a brilliant video! Thank you for making it.

@1969Risky Ай бұрын

Another great video documentary, it gets better and better each episode!

@Ruylopez778 Ай бұрын

Adding back in the plantation scene makes more sense as a commentary on the perspective of Kurtz; taken by force (from those you don't respect) and maintained through strength. Interesting parallel.

@juum270 Ай бұрын

Great way to start my Sunday. Love this series!

@rudydaduck1092 Ай бұрын

I lose my mind whenever a new entry is released and rewatch with glee often. Keep em coming.

@kripos2201 Ай бұрын

This series is so good, what an amazing effort!

@fuzzydunlop7928 Ай бұрын

While Hopper's character is famously inspired by Sean Flynn, he behaves more like Michael Herr himself - reading Dispatches, you learn about the manic states he was in while in the field and the massive depressions he would feel while home in Saigon. Hopper's character to me feels like Herr if he were lost in the jungle, away from any other correspondent or any of the Americans. What would happen if he lost all restraint.

@steveOhh68 Ай бұрын

Poor Sean Flynn , thanks for remembering❤

@briancardio6567 Ай бұрын

Inherited Risk

@fluckyify Ай бұрын

Dennis was just being Dennis in that film ha ha.

@michaelhall2709 Ай бұрын

It’s also very much based on the mad Russian, also a Kurtz groupie, from “Heart of Darkness.”

@wullieg7269 20 күн бұрын

every morning i wake up the floor is full of dead marines i have to get up and cover

@andy_in_nh9243 3 күн бұрын

Great interview Paul! Great host!

@bicivelo Ай бұрын

I love your stories. Great videos!

@PrivateIvan Ай бұрын

Another great episode: thanks!

@angelaarmie5789 Ай бұрын

In the 1999 book Asian Pop Cinema by Lee Server. Associate Producer of Apocalypse Now Eddie Romero states Coppola requested real cadavers but Romero refused for it is against local law and that they have very talented local sculptors they will hire. Page 109.

@eily_b Ай бұрын

The more of this extremely well made and insightful documentary of yours I watch, the more I understand why Martin Sheen suffered from a heart attack later. This production sounds *i n s a n e*

@runningsuperska Ай бұрын

Thanks Tyler

@michaelmkd8968 Ай бұрын

Hi CinemaTyler, thank you for these wonderful videos! Unless you already scheduled, when it will be possible please make a video about sound and music in the movie, including their artists/technicians and all the details of their work. Maybe even videos about Storaro's cinematography and Murch's editing, they would be great!

@sanctumofficium Ай бұрын

Every time you continue this series I'm ensnared by an irresistible urge to rewatch the movie.

@styven77 Ай бұрын

The part where the boat comes in is one of the most beautifully photographed scenes in cinema history.

@liltick102 Ай бұрын

Everyone is going.. RIP Eleanor

@MrLucidity Ай бұрын

Under rated channel.

@jonchowe Ай бұрын

Did Werner Herzog lift the "natives on little canoes" scene for Fitzcarraldo, or is it an earlier reference and/or coincidence? On second thought, Fitzcarraldo and the documentary about its production closely resemble the story of this one...

@marlonbrando2698 Ай бұрын

Love your stuff! You ever thought about doing the film “Duel”?

@hl5910 Ай бұрын

Fantastic docos on my favorite movie. 👍👍👍

@cjod33 15 күн бұрын

It's all this that helped make it such a great movie. CGI can't Compare

@jsXanatos Ай бұрын

Chef survived the film to become the pawn store owner in falling down, Coppola said in an interview that this is canon

@Firebrand1967 Ай бұрын

Only Willard and Lance survived the mission and got out; Chef didn't survive in Apocalypse Now, he was beheaded and then his head was placed on Willard's lap.

@theceoofcrackcocaineandamp5961 Ай бұрын

@@Firebrand1967no only Chef survived, he’s in falling down. Coppola said it was cannon in an interview somewhere.

@jimmycakes7158 Ай бұрын

On the surface people might dismiss the film, but it's the art and passion that went into it which makes it special and you become more endeared to it

@TobeWilsonNetwork 19 күн бұрын

More excellence!

@JarrodDSchneider Ай бұрын

“Are you a professional film documentarian?” “…I’m a KZfaqr.”

@chrisbutler1668 Ай бұрын

"No, you're a monetizer, sent by the algorithm to collect a bill."

@theceoofcrackcocaineandamp5961 Ай бұрын

“ they were going to make me a partner for this shit, and I wasn’t even be paid for the advertisements anymore “

@TheKinoEye Ай бұрын

Apocalypse Now Workprint is a must watch

@aaronthompson192 8 күн бұрын

@CinemaTyler at 8:50 you mention Coppola's notes in reference to Kurtz "cutting ties with the south Vietnamese in favor of the north Vietnamese". It sounds like you're saying Kurtz joined the NVA, which he didn't, although he does start fighting like the NVA. It's a nitpick but you put out The Best film docs and they'll be used by history nerds 50 years from now so they need to be perfect.

@MsZeeZed Ай бұрын

Kurtz’s temple base feels like a dream, but as you moved around the structure it felt real. I’ve never thought about that dichotomy before, not realising the temple was a built set too, so convincing is it. Its in keeping with the movie, where real places are infected by the surreal disruption of war. Its a great aesthetic and one of the most powerful aspects of the production as a whole. That missing French plantation scene fits well in the aesthetic, but not the narrative as the clash of three different cultures at once is too much for the film’s visual storytelling. The film’s story is cleaner with a clash of just two cultures at once, even if that’s not how the world really is.

@TZMonsters Ай бұрын

Hopper's character quotes from my favourite poem. Anybody know what it is? Outstanding red ream, outstanding. Can't wait for the next episode.

@petermgruhn Ай бұрын

It's a different kind of caribou, isn't it? Not the hoop nibbling kind. Ah, it's a carabao.

@petermgruhn Ай бұрын

Wikipedia says "they are a source of carabao milk." --A-- source.

@blazinchalice Ай бұрын

"I'M AN AMERICAN!" Haha, what a performance by the late, great, Dennis Hopper. And what a fantastic documentary! I learned a lot. I knew it was hard to make AN, but looking at this presentation, it seems like they really pulled off the impossible.

@geoffhoutman1557 Ай бұрын

Gold

@borisundercover Ай бұрын

« Montagnard » in French actually designates anyone living in the mountains, regardless of the location of those mountains or the ethnicity of their habitants.

@vitorafmonteiro Ай бұрын

Originally yes, but in the Indochinese context it is the Degar ethnic group specifically. Basically they named them in colonial wording after the generic term for mountainman (also to be easier to say and write for French people than many specific names of Degar subgroups, I assume).

@354Entertainment Ай бұрын

Top 5 movie of all time!

@MooseheadStudios Ай бұрын

WTF?!?! 11:55 They builds the god damn temple for real! That is insane and incredible.

@ProfessD Ай бұрын

This one's for Eleanor yo!

@stupidminotaur9735 19 күн бұрын

They still got hundreds of hours unreleased so the dead bodies burning might be in some of that footage.. 17:04

@phyarth8082 Ай бұрын

In Vietnamese Zodiac Ox or water buffalo sacrifice scene with Kurtz death, is second zodiac sign is female Yin association with Earth. USA Helicopters have horse sign seventh sign male Yang association with fire. Water on fire. "Smoke on the Water" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple :)

@freduinst4333 6 күн бұрын

I’ve been watching all your videos and just noticed I’m not subscribed, completely my fault.

@daltongalloway Ай бұрын

Rip Elenor

@Bonn1770 Ай бұрын

You made the stunt-man's ass Brando. Bravo.

@owaisthegamer240 Ай бұрын

There gose the rest of my day

@thunderwarrior1759 Ай бұрын

In search of darkness and the other action hero documentary could of been absolutely fantastic if they gone for content instead of length of time as they didn’t honestly do a real deep dive into the real b movies of that time in the action heroes one they didn’t really go into Italian action especially the post apocalyptic movies or the genius of Albert Pyun or Ciro H Santiago. The content the created could easily be a documentary of their own

@dannycruz5446 Ай бұрын

Spot on!

@djtforever1414 Ай бұрын

I've been to The Philippines 4 times - but not to this part of the country. This makes me want to go up the river.

@robcrow2593 Ай бұрын

I'd like to know how many of the cast and crew went into therapy during/after the shoot! 😬😵‍💫

@TheRealNormanBates Ай бұрын

12:08 I wonder if any of those structures still exist.

@CinemaTyler Ай бұрын

Apparently they weren’t allowed to leave anything at the location which is why they blew it up. Wonder if anyone got any of the sculptures out before it was destroyed.

@rickc2102 Күн бұрын

I guess I just learned about some of the history of the Hmong people

@blastermaster5039 16 күн бұрын

As an artist, I do like the idea of having real dead bodies on set. But the side of me that is a normal human being who can and will deal with other normal humans, I can understand why it is a bad idea to have real dead bodies on set so it is nice the set retracts the real bodies out and uses living extras instead.

@stizanley3987 Ай бұрын

Is the best way to watch the movie the normal theatrical cut or the Redux version?

@dannycruz5446 Ай бұрын

I prefer the theatrical cut

@davidsummer8631 Ай бұрын

I wonder if there was a period of time where saying that you worked on Apocalypse Now gave you a standing within the film industry

@sandysmokes655 5 күн бұрын

pplease do alien content

@Farfromhere001 8 күн бұрын

CARIBOU??? In the jungle????

@farflownfalcon1076 Ай бұрын

These references to carabou are strange - isn't that another name for reindeer? I think they'd be uncomfortable in the Phillipines! Presumably they actually meant water buffalo

@CinemaTyler Ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction. The source said ‘carabao’ and I mixed it up with caribou. Will keep this in mind going forward.

@farflownfalcon1076 Ай бұрын

@@CinemaTyler I just asked my Filipina colleague - what's water buffalo in Tagalog. The answer: carabao

@tankndg26 Ай бұрын

love all your deep dive videos,,,just one request: please stop the ongoing background music, it's useless, distracting and mainly annoying...like a fly buzzing around your ear when listening to the narrator's insights.

@user-xv4he4mt4x Ай бұрын

When the BTS is more fascinating than the film.

@DeathMetalDerf Ай бұрын

Alien > Aliens every time. I know I'm comparing apples with oranges because one's a suspense-thriller-quasi horror movie, and the other is an over-the-top action thriller. I just think Alien is a better, tighter film all around.

@Zomiadoku Ай бұрын

first

@darknessviking Ай бұрын

how to make a youtube career out of sh t i mean not you but this movie is crap,and yet you make 21 videos about it apparently, so im going to do 40 videos about die hard 5 and Solo