Prethodno priopćenje
RAINING SNAKES
Zoran Kurelić
; Fakultet političkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
In this paper the author presents and interprets two versions of Coppola’s
classic Apocalypse Now. The film ending air-strike is the difference between
the two versions, the air-strike which disappeared in the latter versions. The
author focuses on the “missing” scene and argues that it is fundamental for
the coherent interpretation of the movie. He uses Arendt’s interpretation of
Conrad’s Heart of Darkness on which Coppola’s film is based and tries to
show how Coppola’s film unknowingly expresses the concept of radical evil.
Kurelić also argues that Kurtz represents an evildoer which is neither demonic
nor thoughtless, exactly the type missing in Arendt’s confrontation between
radical evil and banal evil. The author wants to show how the film made in
1979, which was mainly understood as the film about the Viet Nam war, actually
unintentionally represents an apocalyptic warning that the wars based
on the clash of cultures and civilizations can produce the same outcome as
Arendt’s totalitarianism – radical evil.
Ključne riječi
"Apocalypse Now"; Hannah Arendt; "Heart of Darkness"; F. F. Coppola; radical evil; clash of civilizations
Hrčak ID:
81908
URI
Datum izdavanja:
14.5.2012.
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