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Apocalypse Now currently sits in my #10 spot, so I'm happy to see others boost it a nudge higher. This was a movie that I grew up knowing its title, a few quotes from it, and little more. I'm not sure when I first watched this, but I'm guessing during my college VHS days. I remember liking it well enough and acknowledging its place in cinematic history---or at least pretending to, mentally noting, "yeah. I've finally seen this one and I can tick it off my to-do list." I'm not sure how many times I've re-watched it, but it couldn't have been many. I'm not sure why, either.
Some time during the last quarter of 2020 I got a hankering to revisit it while compiling my personal top 100. I may have rented it from Amazon. I must admit that I was smitten with the lighting, cinematography, compositions, mood, on and on. As Mark f commented, "There are so many perfect scenes..." Truly, there are. I do remember sitting at my desk, in awe, noticing how even character shadows seemed to be playing their own roles. I mean, this film is gorgeous. I struggle thinking of more than a handful of other films that are as technically beautiful to look at. After that viewing, I immediately placed it into my MOFO top 10 list. I will need to test it again in a few months to see if I am still as attracted to it as I am now, but for the time being I am comfortable in where it is.
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"My Dionne Warwick understanding of your dream indicates that you are ambivalent on how you want life to eventually screw you." - Joel
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