While much of the country watched the Academy Awards show last night, I decided to be a contrarian and go "retro". Instead of seeing which movies won this year, I decided to watch an old favorite that was on TV..."Apocalypse Now". Actually, it was "Apocalypse Now Redux", which is the extended version that was released in 2001 with about 50 minutes of extra scenes. In case you have been living under a rock for 25 years, this is one of the best movies ever made. I always tend to like movies that are a little out of the ordinary and Apocalypse Now definitely fits the bill.
My mistake was to mix a lot of chocolate chip cookies with this rather vivid, trippy and at times unsettling movie. I had nightmares from the time I went to bed until I woke up. I had such a bad night sleep that I had to go out and buy the DVD today. I guess I feel that if I watch it a few more times, I will have somehow conquered it. If anyone hasn't seen this movie (or wants to see the full version the way the director intended), let me know and I'd be happy to have another viewing soon.
3 comments:
Actually,
If you take a nice thick tab of LSD before you watch it you sleep like a baby.
Seriously,
Ganja Gunter Frotuss
or you could drink a shot of Jack Daniels for each of the 29 men who perished on the Edmund Fitzgerald....that will usually do it as well! I never had any trouble sleeping after that!
Tarbo
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