Apocolapse Now Visual
The scene before Marlow murders Kurtz.
Analysis: While watching this clip from Apocolapse Now, I noticed how different this scene is compared to the novel. For one thing, Marlow killed Kurtz while in the book, Kurtz died of sickness/disease. That little image caught my eye for the differences from the book and the movie. Also, another key difference I noticed from the movie is the way the director created Kurtz for the movie. In the book he has a disease and it takes over his condition while in the movie, Kurtz is healthy and normal. “..and his body emerged from it pitiful and appalling as from a winding-sheet. I could see the cage of his ribs all astir, the bones on his arm waving. It was as though an animated image of death carved out of old ivory had been shaking its hand with menaces at a motionless crowd of men made of dark and glittering bronze” (126). This is the discription that Conrad gives of Kurtz when they were on the boat home from the “heart of darkness”. It is interesting how the director changes this image of Kurtz, which gives us a sense of emptiness ( from his ribs) and his obsession with the wealth of ivory ( ivory skin) that causes his death, and turn Kurtz into this healthy man in the movie. That is what truely struck me about this movie clip and comparing this image to the images that Conrad creates in Heart of Darkness.
Why I chose my novel for the Project?
There are many reasons why I chose Les Miserables by Victor Hugo to read for my Final Exam Project for AP English. 1) It is by a french author, so I can read it in the language thatI am studying and get extra points for choosing a novel by an author who speaks the language I am studying : ) 2) I have seen the play twice and I have throughly enjoyed it everytime I watch it. 3) I would like to read the novel that inspired the play. I would also like to see the differences from the novel and the play that Victor Hugo originally put into it. So those are the reasons for me choosing Les Miserables. I know it is long but I hope it will be worth it.
Hello world!
Hey, i finally got one of these. I really don’t know what I am doing or how I am suppose to get things on and stuff. I am really clueless in this kind of stuff. So, if you are with Kreinbring AP…please help me because I have no idea what to do.
