Apocalypse Now: The Explosion of the Kurtz Compound Set

15 Jul

“Of course we thought, well, lets blow it up and photograph it…” (Coppola’s comment on his obligation to remove the structure build for the set of the Kurz Compound)

I suggest Apocalypse Now as another classic of psychedelic cinema.

One of the strongest psychedelic scenes was not even a part of the movie. You actually see the set for the Kurz Compound being blown up after the shooting of the movie was finished. Using the footage for the ending credits let to a lot of speculation about an alternative ending (check out Coppola’s comment in the link above for more information – also for better video quality).

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