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, unfinished. It shared an A award for best motion ' -~;L:;~4~~2 picture, a first.

FRA\Cisi«HU)c0PPorm ’ The final form was

'WlAHCVN» ,‘M"_ “ ’determined by public ' input, a second first. 'It lwas shown in Los Angeles and ,questionaires were distri- fbuted to viewers on whose {opinions the movie was (finally shaped. a it is an interesting .movie philosophically, |t {is freely adapted from rJoseph Conrad's Heart of / fiDarkness and a list of €200 things Coppola wanted . to say about the-Vietnam ‘war. Sharp criticisms are, ' leVied at the manner in which the war was run, “for Charlie (the Viet Kong) it's death or ‘victory, we have four star F clowns running our war”. j The movie points out that ‘ of soldiers in Vietnam those in trouble spots were mostly blacks and no goods; that whites were ‘ in safe areas, maintaining supplies. The soldiers are taught not to judge Orders, horrors, and atrocities. Those surviVing the craziness

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“Apocalypse How” was produced and directed by Francis Coppola, the creator of “The Godfather 1 and ii”, grossing l3h and #8 million respect- ively. Thus, we assume 'Apocalypse” to be in this class. it cost 30 million and won't make money until it makes 60 million or‘ there abouts. The original budget was l2 million, but the movie went over budget due to typhoons destroying expensive hand made sets,

‘ shooting problems, Marlon Brando's one million for five weeks work, etc. It was shown at the Canves Film Festival while still

of Vietnam become different people with warped r perspectives. '

The main character is Captain Willard played by Martin Sheen. Willard is the window through which _ we see just'now disgusting a war can be. He relates the story of Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando). a third generation Westpointer with

~ a too perfect military

.record until he/goes to Vietnam, until he becomes a God. I , Captain Killgore has to be seen to be believed. He

is the contrast to sanity. He's more interested in '

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surfing, steak, and beer

cook outs on the beach than following orders. He acts

as if the enemy doesn't exist. When he finds his

'men are afraid to surf because they are under

too much fire, he orders

an air strike and napalm I bombs land on the insurgents' wiping them all out. ' “Napalm in the morning”,

he says. “There's nothing

! love more than the smell

of Napalm in the morning,,

it smells of victory.”

The story of Lance Johnson, private, is dynamic. A ‘ baby, someone you couldnft ever imagine shooting a gun, he slowly becomes a savage. He becomes warped and stops relating to his navy buddies. Eventually he becomes the primordial man, an animal.

It is only Colonel Kurtz and Captain Willard who realize the futility of war, and the fate of the soldier. it is only they who see the~ aPOCalypse and yet they stil} hate. ’

.1941

1941: A REAl.BOMB!

by Vernon Pahl‘ —— Well, it was bound to happen 7 P, sooner or later. Steven Spielberg, directorof ' the now playing "1941" has tried his hand at - comedy and with pun in- tended - bombed! Spielberg, imam more favorably for "Jaws",

"Sugarland Express", has developed a repu— tation as box office success. But in this age of makinr-for-millions movies, scmeone finally got it where it- really hurts - in the pocket- book. ’ - .‘For a comedy, "1941” a budget price tag of $26 million. Unfore tunately. the investment is a faulty indication

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l‘of the film's content as 5a comedy. The special effects are up to par with 'the standard of films produced recently, but

are not enough to save

the desperately weak line _of canedy. Unless, of course, you enjoy the fold car crash through.

the chicken coop routine;

.. fijwhich in this case

involves -a tank and a I ‘ paint factory. '

_ - "1941" is a film . oriented around the chaos ‘ [and pandenmiun spreading ' gcontagiously throughout- “ iLos Angeles after the : attack on Pearl Harbour. The concept of the film

» ' was bound for disaster

from the very beginning and 1"

for one major reason:. bad

timing. 7 We are in an age wherewe are still trying-to comprehend ‘ the absurd horror of Viet Nam as depicted

’ in "Apocalypse Now",

" The Deerhunter", "Coming Hanen'and " The Boys in Company c“, Laughing at . war went out with 'l'McHaleS“ Navy" and “Hogan's .Heroes -

The only aspect, of the

film that keeps it

afloat is the presense

of the Very‘popular _ John Belushi, and Dan Ackroyd. 'Iheir conical characterizations of military figures is good for a few chuckles, but even theSe becane

a little tiring as the film rolls on. “Slim PiCkens, Warren Oates, Giristoph’er Lee, Robert Stack and Toshiro Mifure , notable as they are

__ the film industry, portray

biasé’ disjointed characters and never contribute any" iifing'UDthe fihncxmer than their names.- ~ .‘