I ♥ Retro @ The Orpheum presents its most haunting double feature - Apocalypse Now + The Deer Hunter (R18+) Apocalypse Now the epic war film from visionary director Francis Ford Coppola is considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made. The film is also famous for the many problems encountered while making it. These problems were chronicled in the documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse, which recounted the stories of Brando arriving on the set overweight and completely unprepared; costly sets being destroyed by severe weather; and its lead actor (Sheen) suffering a heart attack while on location. Problems continued after production as the release was postponed several times while Coppola edited millions of feet of footage. Upon release, Apocalypse Now earned widespread critical acclaim and its cultural impact and philosophical themes have been extensively discussed since. Honoured with the Palme dOr at Cannes, and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, the film was also deemed culturally, historically or aesthetically significant and was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry in 2000. In the Sight and Sound Greatest Films poll, the film was ranked #14. “Apocalypse Now is not merely the greatest film to come out of the Vietnam experience but one of the great works about the madness of our times” – The Guardian “Francis Ford Coppolas haunting, hallucinatory Vietnam War epic is cinema at its most audacious and visionary” – Rotten Tomatoes The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino. The film stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and Meryl Streep. The Deer Hunter won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor for Christopher Walken, and was named by the American Film Institute as the 53rd Greatest Movie of All Time on the 10th Anniversary Edition of the AFIs 100 Years...100 Movies list. The films initial reviews were largely enthusiastic. It was hailed by many critics as the best American epic since Francis Ford Coppolas The Godfather. The film was praised for its depiction of working-class settings and environment; Ciminos direction of the performances, the symphonic shifts of tone and pacing in moving from America to Vietnam; the tension during the Russian roulette scenes; and the themes of American disillusionment. “This is probably one of the few great films of the decade.” – Time Out “A simultaneously touching and harrowing experience that puts the audience directly in the shoes of one mans experience of Vietnam” – Empire Magazine orpheum.au/coming-soon?view=movie&movie=O-APOCALYPSE
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