Download This PaperApocalypse Now: Working Papers
51 Pages Posted: 12 Jul 2011 Last revised: 4 Oct 2017
Date Written: July 11, 2011
Abstract
This is series of informal essays about Apocalypse Now that argues that the movie as a whole takes the from of a classic rite of passage as described by Durkheim and van Gennep. Particular attention is given to the opening montage, the trip into the jungle for mangoes, the sampan massacre, the final parallel killings of Kurtz and the caribao, and parallels between characters. There is a descriptive précis of the whole film that organizes it into five large sequences and screen shots throughout.
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Benzon, William L., Apocalypse Now: Working Papers (July 11, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1883826 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1883826
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