'Apocalypse Now' poses questions without any attempt to provide definitive answers, and the film's profound ambiguities are integral to its enduring magic.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My favorite movie of all time is probably 'Apocalypse Now.'
I love conventional apocalypse movies. In movies, I like to be with the president, or the scientist trying to solve the problem, but that's not the kind of fiction that I like to read.
I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions.
I think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it.
I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.'
In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.
That's the kind of movie that I like to make, where there is an invented reality and the audience is going to go someplace where hopefully they've never been before. The details, that's what the world is made of.
Making the ordinary potentially magical is what film should be all about.
The film, 'Aftershock,' for me is really about how the minor problems in life that we think are so major ultimately mean nothing when a tragedy happens, when a real problem happens.
'Apocalypse Now' does not alienate us or deconstruct itself. In fact, it welcomes us in.