The trajectory Marlon Brando’s life took could well reflect the passage of the Vietnam War and Colonel Kurtz’s war career. A conflict that spans over three decades will bring inevitable cultural and political change, as well as having a profound effect on people’s minds, and such a complex war left many veterans questioning its purpose, committing horrors they could never have imagined perpetrating and descending into madness. Though we only see what has become of Kurtz, his

Is Eli Cross to be trusted? In a world of post Vietnam War paranoia, specifically that of veteran Cameron, it is hard to tell. Cameron’s complicated life spins further into a blurring of his reality, a film set and behind the scenes drama - all encompassed in an actual movie! As a director, Eli takes his work very seriously and perhaps too far. As Cameron flees the law, stumbling on to a film set and witnesses the death of a stuntman, it is as if he has wondered into Oz. Inst

Fitzcarraldo pulls off his hat, runs his hands through his hair shaking off stress, frustration and impatience, as his epic project to transport a steamboat over a mountain in the Andes is finally in progress. Though the entirety of this quest will not come to fruition, at this point he observes the more impossible part of the plan becoming possible. He’s a privileged outsider, intent on using natural resources for financial gain with the bourgeoisie intentions of bringing op

I viewed Margaret 20 years after it was made and 14 years after it was released. The distinct gap between the film’s completion and release was due to an artistic and production dispute, a great example of how the film world and business world make for an odd couple. This gives the film an added layer of interpretation given the setting, backdrop and cultural journey. As someone who was a teenager at the time of the September 11th terrorist attacks and is now in their 40s, ha

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