Coppola’s Cinematic Legacy
Words: 811 Pages: 3 4894Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" and Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" both offer profound critiques of the interventions by developed countries in so-called "savage" lands. Coppola's film comments on the United States' involvement in Southeast Asia, while Conrad's novella critiques European colonialism in Africa. Central to both works is the journey upriver to encounter Kurtz, a man who embodies the extremes of human nature. A particularly significant scene in both stories features a dense fog preceding a native attack, which […]