Melina

Apocalypse Now is filmed in a way where structure and sequence play an important role. At first I was distracted by the superficial scenes such as the scene where Captain Willard strips off his clothes, depressively dancing, and then punches a mirror. However, as the storyline developed I realized the importance of the self-destructive episode--it transcribed the outside description of the charcter Marlow mentioned in Heart of Darkness. Only the audience and Willard know what happened in that room, therefore we become the omnious narrator describing Marlow as "not typical (if his propensity to spin yarns be expected), and to him the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze" (pg.6). Likewise, almost all the other scenes are introduced in a confusing way, where we don't quite understand until another scene explains its importance. This occurs all throughout the novel, where many moments are unrecognizable until another occurence makes the light bulb go on. So far, it's been faithful.