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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Currently available at Watch TCM (until March 25th):

Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 magnum opus Apocalypse Now (the “Theatrical Version” reviewed here) has been canonised by its opening alone: perhaps the most hypnotically captivating introduction in the history of cinema.

Martin Sheen

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Hope to see you tomorrow.

A.G.