Issue 8
Vanishing Points

Apocalypse Now. A Ship Heading for Kurt, for Horror and Immorality.

José Luis García
Fundación Oriol-Urquijo
Bio

Published 2009-07-01

Keywords

  • cinematographic adaptation,
  • colonialism,
  • dehumanization,
  • primitivization,
  • Socratic intellectualism,
  • horror,
  • uncivilization,
  • amorality
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How to Cite

García, J. L. (2009). Apocalypse Now. A Ship Heading for Kurt, for Horror and Immorality. L’Atalante. Journal of Film Studies, (8), 103–110. https://doi.org/10.63700/170

Abstract

Attraction for Coppola’s work Apocalypse Now might be justified if we take a close look at the literary work upon which it is based. This text tries to articulate the film with the literary work from which it originated through an ethical reflectionon Kurtz.

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