In 1979, Vittorio Storaro was awarded the Oscar in Cinematography for Francis Ford Coppola's epic Vietnam War movie Apocalypse Now. In this film, Col. Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando) is a high-ranking Green Beret who gets a few wires crossed in his head and declares himself a God among a group of Cambodian tribesmen. Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is then sent on a mission to assassinate him "with extreme prejudice." In the novel by Joseph Conrad, …
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…quoted, "The Heart of Darkness does not belong to the barbarian or to another culture, it is the traditional symbol of fear, hatred and evil." Works Cited: Apocalypse Now: Theatrical Release. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures, 1979. 153 min Ebert, Roger. "Behind the Camera, Inside the Scene" InsideFilmIF May, 2002 URL: http://www.if.com.au/interviews/apocolypse-now-coppola.html Kaufman, Anthony. "Shooting the 'Apocalypse'; IndieWIRE August 6th, 2001 URL: http://www.indiewire.com/people/int_Storaro_Vittor_01080.html