Apocalypse Now Redux 2001

Rating: Null/10 (1 June 2002)

I can't see a review of the redux so here is my own version.
I saw the original in 1984 and it moved me deeply. The redux I saw in Pasadena (2001) and, with the exception of the dork who laughed at the least appropriate time (you should take a test-walk before you drink or mix your medications again), it was the original more than cubed. The redux introduces footage that should never have been left out. Be that as it may. If you like war, see this movie. If you hate war, see this movie. Neither group will be disappointed and one may be more educated as a result.
You can read what happens at any review. What you probably won't read and, please forgive me for assuming this, what you will probably _miss_ is that war is an invention of ego that cannot invalidate the truth of human endeavour. c.f.: We aren't made to fight but we fight anyway. We aren't made to hate but we do that also. The best equipped army cannot defeat a nation armed with the deepest conviction and no army can defeat an opponent who understands them completely. (See "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu)
This is a war film with no parallel, technically and in the absolutest reference of what defines humanity. Many of the players were soaked with drugs and through all that Coppola saw a vision that few could have perceived. See the movie and you will either understand immediately or smoke another beer. Either way, humanity will, sooner or later, be served.
Ryo