Brando Shaped APOCALYPSE NOW’s Meaning On the Fly

Set the tone for better sleep this year with up to 35% off Dream by Beam when you click https://shopbeam.com/CinemaTyler and enter code CINEMATYLER. Brando exercised total control. First, he showed up to the location overweight having not read Heart of Darkness. Then he spent several of his limited days discussing the character with Coppola, scrapping most of Coppola's ideas. Then during the shoot, he pranked the crew and went at his own pace knowing he couldn't be fired. He used cue cards and an earpiece to feed himself lines that he came up with without having to learn them. And finally, he mumbled his performance to ensure that he would even have control of his performance in the edit. Companion PDF ($1): https://cinematyler.gumroad.com/l/nxvyro Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinematyler Twitter: http://twitter.com/cinematyler Facebook: http://facebook.com/cinematyler Tumblr: http://cinematyler.tumblr.com This video essay was written, edited, and narrated by Tyler Knudsen. Sources: #ApocalypseNow​ #FrancisFordCoppola​ #MakingApocalypseNow​ CinemaTyler Survey: https://forms.gle/MYE1iqbAiMa2jfib9 Twitter: http://twitter.com/cinematyler​ Facebook: http://facebook.com/cinematyler​ Tumblr: http://cinematyler.tumblr.com​ This video is by Tyler Knudsen. Affiliate Links: LIST OF RESOURCES: https://amzn.to/3XAqScO TIME MAGAZINE ARTICLES: https://time.com/archive/6631135/the-war-on-the-horizon/ https://time.com/vault/issue/1967-09-22/page/33/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollow_Men (Coppola) Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now by Eleanor Coppola: https://amzn.to/4gDLb1Q (Cowie) The Apocalypse Now Book by Peter Cowie: https://amzn.to/3N0lvhW (Travers) Coppola's Monster Film: The Making of Apocalypse Now by Steven Travers: https://amzn.to/3Borxq8 (Commentary) Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut: https://amzn.to/4dcqhDW (Playboy) The Playboy Interviews: The Directors: https://amzn.to/3Bge8k0 (Martin) New Waves in Cinema by Sean Martin: https://amzn.to/4dgoCwX (Hearts of Darkness) Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse: https://amzn.to/3MUL9EY (Phillips) Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola By Gene D. Phillips: https://amzn.to/4dcHehD (Zeismer) Ready When You Are, Mr. Coppola, Mr. Spielberg, Mr. Crowe by Jerry Ziesmer - https://amzn.to/3TND2Ow (Garretsen) https://amzn.to/3Y3ZMw6 Sources: [Cinephilia & Beyond] Incredible collection of resources on Apocalypse Now: https://bit.ly/35Mvv7M (Listen To Me Marlon) Listen to Me Marlon (2015 dir. Stevan Riley) Music: Artlist.io Epidemic Sound