The 2000 Redux Release makes this the Greatest Movie of all time

Rating: 10/10 (7 January 2002)

This review refers to the Redux (Director's Cut).
A great film is now better. Why? The up-river plot is extended in important ways. The growth of the insanity as the boat pushes up-stream is an important part of the plot - essential to the shock of the final horror of Kurtz. Key here are both the new bunny girls scene - powerful and moving - and the brilliant break with the french expatriates. Anyone who has lived overseas (as I have in Conrad's Congo!) must realise that this gorgeous addition provides a vital counter-balance to American foreign policy methods.
The ending is now much much better. We close with 'the horror, the horror' not some silly Hollywood pyrotechnic display.
Lighting and photography remain unsurpassed in cinema history.
The film is extremely long, and I am very glad that there are few films like this - how could we cope?!
I think this is the greatest movie ever made.