Patreon Unlocked: Apocalypse Now (1979)

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CW: Discussion of war, violence, intense stress and mental breakdown, racism.

As a tie-in to our review of the documentary Hearts of Darkness, Macintosh makes Maud watch 1979's war epic/living nightmare, Apocalypse Now. We gush over Martin Sheen and Robert Duvall, agree that Marlon Brando is an overrated asshole, get a crash course on the history of the Vietnam War, and have a heated discussion of whether past episode topic Kramer v. Kramer deserved to win all of its Oscars over this movie. Let's hope we don't go insane going down the river…otherwise you might have to come for us…

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Excerpt taken from "The End," written and performed by The Doors. Copyright 1967 Nipper Music ASCAP, Elektra Records.

Clips from Apocalypse Now are copyright 1979 Omni Zoetrope. All rights reserved.

Excerpt taken from "Ride of the Valkyries" as performed for the film Apocalypse Now composed by Richard Wagner, conducted by Sir Georg Solti and performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Copyright 1979 Omni Zoetrope and Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records.

Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.