Apocalypse Now
WarDramaPsychological
1979//DIR: Francis Ford Coppola//153 MIN
Logline
During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a perilous and top-secret mission upriver to Cambodia to assassinate Colonel Kurtz, a brilliant but insane Special Forces officer who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Box Office
$83.4 million
Rotten Tomatoes
98%
IMDb
8.5/10
Runtime
153 min
VISUAL STRATEGY: Primarily focused on Extreme Long Shots.
PACING:BALANCED
MOTION:DYNAMIC & FLUID
COMPLEXITY:VISUALLY DENSE
Principal Cast
Marlon BrandoRobert DuvallMartin SheenFrederic ForrestSam Bottoms
Visual Themes
Vietnam Warpsychological thrillersurrealexistentialanti-warjunglevisually stunningdarkphilosophicalhallucinatory
Film DNA
"Apocalypse Now is a balanced war with 1505 shots and a 7.3s average shot length."
1505
Total Shots
7.3s
Avg Shot Length
8.3
Cuts / Min
Visual Style Meters
PACINGFRENETIC
SLOW
WARMTHCOLD
WARM
SATURATIONMUTED
VIBRANT
COMPLEXITYMINIMAL
INTRICATE
This film’s visual complexity is 286% higher than the average for War.
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