Review of Apocalypse Now (1979) by Roger Ebert for Chicago Sun-Times — 01 Jan 2000
Remember the weird beauty of the massed helicopters lifting over the trees in the long shot, and the insane power of Wagner's music, played loudly during the attack, and you feel what Coppola was getting at: Those moments as common in life as art, when the whole huge grand mystery of the world, so terrible, so beautiful, seems to hang in the balance.
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This review of Apocalypse Now (1979) was written by Roger Ebert and published by Chicago Sun-Times on 01 Jan 2000.
Apocalypse Now has generally received very positive reviews.
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