'Apocalypse Now' does not alienate us or deconstruct itself. In fact, it welcomes us in.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
'Apocalypse Now' poses questions without any attempt to provide definitive answers, and the film's profound ambiguities are integral to its enduring magic.
America has always had an apocalyptic strain. Yet it also seems to believe that if, or when, The End comes, it will still come out on top.
I've begun to look at the world through apocalypse eyes. Our society, which seems so sturdily built out of concrete and custom, is just a temporary resting place, a hotel our civilization checked into a couple hundred years ago and must one day check out of.
It is true that I will confess that I have an incredible fascination for pop-culture stories about the Apocalypse and the end of the world.
My favorite movie of all time is probably 'Apocalypse Now.'
Whatever changes the new era brings, whatever new pathways we take, I am sure that our special relationship with America - forged in adversity, will not change.
We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
Apocalyptic hysteria is much more effective at getting people to open their wallets than reasonable commentary.
If one wants to talk about the end of the world, the apocalypse, you're talking about the world itself. It's not Southern California breaking into the sea. The story is global, and it requires that kind of approach.
The world generally speaking is now drifting on a more and more devastating course towards the absurd target of extermination - or rather, to be more exact - of the northern hemisphere's towns, fields, and the people who have developed our civilization.
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