double bill yesterday
The Third Man - 7/10 - really enjoyed it, soundtrack was a little bizarre, but good plot, not too long, some particularly well shot scenes in post-war Vienna looked really impressive. Not sure I understand why it's been thought of as such a amazing classic, but maybe that's just general hype doing it's usual OTT thing.
Apocalypse Now Redux - 8/10 loved it - haven't seen the original and I do want to I think because I reckon I was able to work out where the extra material came in, in this one, the scene with the french colonials dragged on far too long and disrupted the flow of the film a bit, and the scenes involving the playbunnies felt like an additional extra, but aside, I thought it was terrific, though I do want to read Heart of Darkness ( is there a film version of that too? ) which apparently this is based on.
Bit odd to claim Marlon Brando 'stars' in the film really, though. He's in about 5 scenes and is basically a bulky man being weird. I like Brando, but hmm.
Also, it was quite fun to see some of these lines that have been parodied or quoted in their original context too.