Apocalypse Now - with Simon

Aussie and the Scotsman talk movies

This week we are talking about the 1979 American psychological epic war film Apocalypse Now produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

The screenplay is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War.

The film follows a river journey from South Vietnam into Cambodia undertaken by Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), who is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade Special Forces officer who is accused of murder and presumed insane.

The ensemble cast also features Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, and Harrison Ford.

We welcome Simon from Perth back to the studio - and boy is he the right person to bring on for this one.

Apocalypse Now is one of the most famous, if not one of the best movies ever made - and we talk in depth - why we think that is the case.

But as always, before we do - the Aussie tells us about an incident at a taxi rank he saw this week - which triggers (no pun intended) a story from Simon and a trip across the Nullarbor Plain.

The Scotsman talks about his social battery

No messing around with this one - Simon tells us straight off the bat - this is one of his 5 star films.

Sit back and enjoy as we scrutinise one of the best films of all time. A film the Aussie had not yet seen. What do you think he will say about this one?

This is a brain explosion - a visual feast, every scene is a smorgasbord of colours, textures and layers.

We have a robust discussion about Colonel Kurtz - is he a madman or is he just ideologically at odds with the US Government?

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