The French Plantation Sequence FINALLY Explained | Ep19 | Making Apocalypse Now

► ►►Try MUBI Free for 30 Days: https://mubi.com/cinematyler Get the next issue of Notebook: https://mubi.com/magazine Download your Companion PDF ($1): https://cinematyler.gumroad.com/l/adtfe *All PDFs Free for $5 Patrons! In Episode 19 of Making Apocalypse Now, we are going to take a look at how difficult the French Plantation sequence was to shoot, what the scene adds to the overall story, and why the directing technique that gave Coppola amazing results in the past just didn’t seem to work this time. French Plantation [Workprint]: https://bit.ly/3GfTvnb Watch this series Ad-Free/Uncensored on Patreon! ($1): https://www.patreon.com/cinematyler​ #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: (Coppola) Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now by Eleanor Coppola: https://amzn.to/3K9B9XH (Cowie) The Apocalypse Now Book by Peter Cowie: https://amzn.to/3Zh8rZp (Travers) Coppola's Monster Film: The Making of Apocalypse Now by Steven Travers: https://amzn.to/3ZybjS1 (Commentary) Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut: https://amzn.to/3npMry6 (Playboy)The Playboy Interviews: The Directors: https://amzn.to/40Ez8IO (Martin) New Waves in Cinema by Sean Martin: https://amzn.to/3FSCdge Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse: https://amzn.to/40CnoGB (Phillips) Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola By Gene D. Phillips: https://amzn.to/3lCPlzj Sources: [Cinephilia & Beyond] Incredible collection of resources on Apocalypse Now: https://bit.ly/35Mvv7M (Britannica) https://bit.ly/3RbZLml (Albatross) https://bit.ly/3SVEpuL Music Artlist.io