As I mentioned in class today one aspect of the movie that I have been very focused on is the use of sound (synchronous and asynchronous) in the film. The first sounds the audience hears are the helicopters, and we see them hovering above the ominous, burning, beautiful jungle. The sound of the helicopters continues throughout the movie and seems to be the overpowering sound. Yet what is interesting is Copola's choice of transitioning with sounds.
When we first meet the young, comical crew we see Laurence Fishburne turn on a small transistor radio and I Can't Get No Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones comes on. First the sound is very quiet and then quickly gets louder and louder until that is all the audience can hear.
Similarly the scene in which the general says "Put on the music!" as the whole crew is bombing another place up the river, the audience hears that famous song along with the helicopters, and then later on an opera song also takes over.
In Heart of Darkness this idea of VOICE is extremely important to the novel. The main voice discussed in the novel is Kurtz's, and Copola captures it right from the start of the film by playing it on a tape recorder, and having it eerily linger in the room.
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