APOCALYPSE NOW
Francis Ford Coppola
This is one of my favorite war movies. It is very very difficult to keep an audience hooked to the screen with people constantly shooting at each other and bombing each other. This movie is so much more than that. This is what that makes it different from all the rest of the war movies. Using the Vietnam War as the setting, this movie manages to showcase the horror and drama of the Vietnam War without actually making it the main theme. The war is used as the backdrop not the main theme.
The gist of the movie is about a man’s dilemma and internal struggle when tasked to take down one of his own Colonel. As he journeys to where the General is, he constantly contemplates the act of killing, which he is tasked to perform, as a soldier while struggling to resolve his moral dilemma in committing pre-meditated murder. Throughout his journey, we see (as the backdrop) the horrors of the Vietnam War.
A lot of interesting questions were asked. In a war, at which point, one is seen as the hero in killing the enemy and one is seen to be committing murder? What if your countryman is now the enemy, in which you are tasked to kill, where is the heroism in this? Does the soldier follows orders to the T, even if it means killing your own countryman?
The main character sums up his dilemma succinctly in one of the movie’s most memorable quotes:
“Charging someone with murder in Vietnam was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500”
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
In the Beginning
Hi, welcome to my blog "From M to T".
2 things interest me greatly; movies and T-Shirts.
My 1st interest - movies. Here I will be sharing with you movies which have had a big impact to me. Movies that I like and those that have left a deep impression on me. This is not meant to be an academic dissection of the theories of film nor is it a critical review of films. I am not qualified to do both but more of a personal observation and things that worked for me. I hope that you will enjoy my insights and ultimately love the movies that I will be blogging about! Feel free to leave your comments, especially if there are any factual inaccuracies in by postings.
My 2nd interest - T-Shirts. I have always loved T-Shirts. Loved hunting for the right one and loved wearing them. Increasingly, I find that good T-Shirt designs are so hard to come by (at least those that appeals to me) these days. So I have decided to create my own designs and post them here. The inspiration for the designs? Movies, of course! I will, together with my posting on the movie of my choice, create T-Shirt designs based on elements from the chosen movie. It can be quotes, objects, colour schemes of even film stills. This idea is very much inspired by a group of very talented people who have been creating monthly calendars based on designs inspired by movies by Wong Kar Wai.
I look forward to reading your comments.
RSOO
2 things interest me greatly; movies and T-Shirts.
My 1st interest - movies. Here I will be sharing with you movies which have had a big impact to me. Movies that I like and those that have left a deep impression on me. This is not meant to be an academic dissection of the theories of film nor is it a critical review of films. I am not qualified to do both but more of a personal observation and things that worked for me. I hope that you will enjoy my insights and ultimately love the movies that I will be blogging about! Feel free to leave your comments, especially if there are any factual inaccuracies in by postings.
My 2nd interest - T-Shirts. I have always loved T-Shirts. Loved hunting for the right one and loved wearing them. Increasingly, I find that good T-Shirt designs are so hard to come by (at least those that appeals to me) these days. So I have decided to create my own designs and post them here. The inspiration for the designs? Movies, of course! I will, together with my posting on the movie of my choice, create T-Shirt designs based on elements from the chosen movie. It can be quotes, objects, colour schemes of even film stills. This idea is very much inspired by a group of very talented people who have been creating monthly calendars based on designs inspired by movies by Wong Kar Wai.
I look forward to reading your comments.
RSOO
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