Correction - At 28:13, I left the wrong citation up and didn't catch it until just now. The clip of the children playing with bullet casings is from the Apocalypse Now set in the Hollow Men special feature and not real documentary footage from the Vietnam War. Sorry for the confusion.
This is why I love your videos; you apologise when an easily missed citation is wrong even though 99.7% of videos have absolutely nothing! Thanks CinemaTyler
Love your work and dedication to detail. Please keep doing what you do. But respectfully, the term is "cartridge cases" rather than "bullet casings". Saying so might be pedantic of me, but 99.999% of what you're doing here is feckin' brilliant.
That makes sense since they appear to be blank cases, which are more commonly used to make movies than real war. You can tell they're blanks because of the star-shaped crimp at the top. Cases that were crimped around a bullet would be circular.
I prefer that Kurtz was a big man - it makes him more imposing and intimidating, and a greater challenge to Willard. The idea that he was thriving in such a hostile environment lends him greater power and mystique.
That was always kind of my take. That he'd given up on taking care of himself and was now a king getting phat off the backs of the labor of his cult (I think the F word makes comments disappear, I've gotten in trouble for it, can't be too careful). It seemed deliberate when they show him snacking. Then again that could have just been Brando refusing to go 2 minutes without food so they just let him eat during the shots.
@@D-Fens_1632 A good actor knows how to incorporate "business" into their performance. Brando did it flawlessly in Godfather, with the cat in his lap, and the oranges.
I doubt it was a joke. When Brando lived next to Jack Nicholson, he famously used to go over there all the time and eat all Nicholoson's food because the refrigerator and pantry in Brando's own house had been locked shut to keep him from eating everything at once.
I think everyone knows that Marlon Brando hated learning his lines, there’s all the famous stories about Robert Duvall having to wear sheets of paper with Brando’s line on them. Eventually in the 90s this got so bad that he would use an earpiece while someone fed him his lines. While filming The Island of Dr. Moreau his earpiece started picking up airline traffic from a nearby airport, and Brando started repeating lines from the air traffic control like it was in the script. He also was reportedly very into photoshop and early cgi software in the 90s and would photoshop his friends in weird places as a joke. He was also a CoSa adopter, an early software that was bought by adobe. Of course, part of what he wanted out of embracing this tech was being able to do less work by just having some shitty CGI face and he just voice act. He also used to constantly get into arguments in AOL chatrooms and get banned for telling people to fuck off. And this man turned in at least 3 of the greatest performances of all time. Incredible.
It's a shame that Brando couldn't have shed some weight for the movie, but in the end it hardly matters. The way he is photographed in harsh light and shadow just adds to the sense of conflict that surrounds the man. Everything about this film just becomes more and more surreal and bewildering, and Brando is just the icing on the cake. If you have been watching films as long as I have, you start to realize that some of the greatest films emerge from chaos. Gone With The Wind is a prime example. Sometimes you just catch lightning in a bottle.
Jaws would have sucked if the shark didn't malfunction so much, which forced them to imply the shark's presence, more than show it. The fear of the unseen or unknown is often scarier than actually seeing the thing.
His performance was so epic it would never have occurred to me he should be emaciated. I always thought he came off as a kind of dark Buddha. It's really effective, aside from the fact that Buddha wasn't actually overweight (the fat Buddha, or laughing Buddha, is in fact Budai, a nickname given to the historical Chinese monk Qieci, who is said to have lived around the 10th century).
@@rodbelding9523 He has the look of a retired wrestler who has given up his training regime but continued to take on excessive calories. I couldn't imagine the character being frail looking.
@@Emulous79 I have a sense of admiration for people who are overweight, honestly. I know it might sound silly to some, but I have an ED cause of some bullying & abuse in my childhood and I have an ethical aversion to consuming things, inherently. To me... consumption in all forms is completely disgusting... but such is our nature, & I realize that there is ways to ethically consume... it just does not feel right to me & it never will. I hate eating... but I wish I could enjoy it. When I see people who clearly do enjoy their food it makes me a little bit jealous. Also I do realize that not everyone who is overweight would want to be admired, a lot do have a disorder like me just the opposite extreme & this is something I do not envy one bit.
Something about Brando: he was an OG troll. I don't mean in the metaphorical sense, I mean literally. He was an early adopter of early chatrooms and things like IRC. The man was shitposting till the day he died. So all of the stories around movies like Apocalypse Now and The Island of Doctor Moreau make total sense in that context.
It's so fun to see the parallels between the movie and reality. The photojournalist being obsecssed with Kurtz, similarly to how Dennis Hopper saw Marlon Brando; +Brando's dislike for people taking pictures of him being portrayed in the movie
I met a stunt coordinator on another film while working back in the day. The only film I asked him about is this film on his resume history. I asked him was it as crazy shoot as they say? He said it was “madness”. This is one my favorites of all time. Great video.
After previously working with him, Coppola was expecting Marlon Brando to be reliable, disciplined, mature and unselfish. Sure, what could POSSIBLY go wrong!?
Can I just say that I am so very glad you have more content to make on this movie!! Thank you CinemaTyler! For your thorough and seemingly never ending coverage on one of the greatest movies ever made!! ❤
It’s wild how even through the documentary there’s still so much behind the scenes that went on and has warranted such a long wonderful series! Well done as always Tyler!
For all Brando's shenanigans during production, his performance in the movie was completely unforgettable, and would have turned out radically different with any other actor. Kurtz being a hulking creature of the shadows just works to utter perfection. To me he is the dark heart of the movie.
I tend to disagree. A number of better actors could have made the character more interesting. Putting up with his unprofessional shit was a raw deal for all the wonderful people making this movie. He can rot in hell.
@karsten11553 that's Brandos genius and the reason they did out up with it. Kurtz seems like a much larger role because the 1st half you hear about him and they travel to him . When he finally show up on screen, he is a leading role and is on about 10 minutes. He is the movie. And Kitz was a genius creation. Whenever you hear about the film , you see Brando. Legendary. But Tango is his best performance
I think in this film and The Missouri Breaks Brando knows the directors and actors idolized him so much he could do anything crazy he wanted and they would think it’s super artistic.
Personally I find Brando the weakest part of Apocalypse Now but this is a great insight into the small details of his involvement. We're nearing post post production and I can't wait for an episode on the writing and recording of the voice over. Great work mate!
Love all this new information about AN. With all the problems, the result of the struggles with Brando led to a deeper story about the nightmare of war in the film.
great work! this movie reminds me of my friend Jerry who passed. it was his fave. Have shared it with countless others. You did a great job with the behind the scenes. Your editing is top notch!! really well done. Thank you!
Its honestly insane these videos keep coming. I think i started watching more than a year ago and was yearning for more content Edit: okay it was def 2 years im so happy theres so many episodes now. Im gonna binge them all
Hollywood has got to be the only place in the world where one can be a complete and utter waste of space as a human but still get famous for it. He did a "Godfather" Kurtz which is the only way he knew how to play it and couldn't portray the true insanity which always comes out in the eyes so the actor/actress has to BECOME that person; in this classic Brando nearly destroyed the whole point of the movie because of his all-important precious ego.
Thanks, Tyler! 🤩 He's an interesting personality, indeed. I spent a weekend with one of his former girlfriends, Jeri Gray, in 1997, a few months before she died. We're all fortunate to have his movies, documentaries and interviews to savor and ponder.
It has become such a treat watching your videos . Ive not watched them all(which is great as i have more to look forward to)as your commentary and views sends me on even deeper analysis jaunts down the rabbit holes of film making. Great stuff, its pure indulgence. Well done chap. You just didn't get this kind of thing on this level or scale before youtube. Its a perfect outlet for all your hardwork to be enjoyed by other's. You must be very proud of your body of work and I hope you continue to have the time, money, energy and passion for years to come. There are many films that deserve your attention. It must be hard to know where to go next.
As much as I love his performances, I think the guy was a bit of a hypocrite, because he often made all sort of unreasonable financial demands of filmmakers and sometimes actively sabotaged the films he was in. He was a complex guy -- brilliant but also unbelievably lazy and deeply troubled in many ways. If you think acting is nonsense and movies are nonsense, then quit the biz and become a postal worker. But he didn't do that. He still wanted the checks. I always remember when he badmouthed "The Freshman" -- a film he was in -- because of some minor financial dispute, and then the film got awesome reviews and he suddenly changed his tune. But for all that, he was still amazing. The Godfather would have never been what it was without Marlon Brando.
24:19 I'm sorry but "let them win" means let them win the same way we won WW2, which included carpet bombing, indiscriminate shelling, sacrificing the young, etc in the pursuit of a greater, worthwhile goal. Sometimes the terrible is worth it. We seem to have lost our nerve on this since Korea tbh. Lest we forget, "communism" had led to FAR more many deaths than fascism etc. I really wish you guys would stop self-flagellating over this.
So good… Thank you. I’m completely in love with your work. It’s not flashy but you’ve got so much information so many insights, good photos and everything. It’s just always completely wonderful and compelling and satisfying. Much appreciate it.
I am amazed and so impressed with all your research and time that goes into your videos! Love them so much. Apocalypse has always been my favorite movie of all time. I think it’s the greatest movie ever made! Keep up the great work!
Brando pretty much saved the ending of this movie but never gets any credit for it because Coppola just loves to ridicule the man in interviews for 40 years now. Coppola only talks about the difficult first days on set when there was no solid script for Brando's scenes and Brando had to come up with a lot by himself to portray Kurtz in any meaningful way (and went back to Conrad for inspiration.)
Ya, the movie is masterpiece. The anxiety and fear bleed through to the audience. This video focuses on Brando but everyone else was just as scattered.
Just saw the originally released film again tonight, after watching several of the exemplary videos from this series. Glad to see there may be more in the pipeline, as with the appearance of this new episode today. Looking forward to seeing the episode on post that was mentioned in episode 17 (Do Lung Bridge).
It seems like this is your "Magnum Opus!" I really loved your treatment of 2001 A Space Odyssey from years back now, however, this series is just far better IMO. I don't even remember when you started this, but I keep watching and I cannot believe it is this many episodes deep so far! Love the information and your dedication to this series; and to film in general.
Thank you as always for your work Tyler. I could listen to you speak about about pretty much everything. I also love the idea of someone like you, thoughtful and gentle, trying to eat popcorn during the last scenes of "The Substance." I basically have a rule. If I am watching a movie, in a theatre, I will eat popcorn. Even if I am not hungry. I couldn't eat anything in the final 30 minutes of "The Substance." If you are a Mubi user, I recommend watching the beautiful film "Hanami" from Cape Verde. I saw it at the Vancouver International Film Festival, and Mubi presented it, so I presume it will end up on their stream service. Anyways, that was a random set of ideas. Is there any other director you would consider creating a new series of video essays on?
I think he achieved his goals and then… after that he didn’t see the point in striving further. But he wanted more money so he continued to work despite not really feeling inspired.
Brando probably expected the production to fail before they could film his scenes. The “Leighly, like wind blowing through a field of wheat” anecdote sounds like a joke on Brando’s part. The character he ended up playing is more interesting than what Coppola originally envisioned, in that it’s a depiction of the madman that’s in all of us, but in Brando especially.
Excellent presentation. Truly outstanding! I've read the Cowie book and others on AN and your video constructs a fascinating portrait of the many creative struggles and epiphanies required to produce this cinematic masterpiece. (I especially appreciate your focusing on Maestro Brando's methodology and process -- very illuminating). Thank you for your detailed and passionate work on this amazing film. It's worth your efforts.
I've never really understood the whole Brando mystic. I've seen most of his major films, Streetcar, On the Waterfront, The Wild One, Mutiny on the Bounty, Godfather, Apocalypse Now and some of the lesser ones like The Missouri Breaks, The Freshman, Superman. For me his best performance by far was The Godfather. The others are fine but only Godfather and Apocalypse Now are movies I watch over and over and Apocalypse Now isn't because of Brando's performance which. I rewatched On The Waterfront recently and I thought Brando's performance was very good but not earth shattering. Brando doesn't even make my top 10 favorite actor list. JMHO. After seeing this and hearing some of the other stories about Brando I really have to wonder why people put up with his BS. I guess it's all about public perception and most of all the money people would pay to see him due to that perception.
Brando changed acting from the old, theatrical style to more realistic style. This was considered groundbreaking. Thus, he was copied by everyone to the point where his early work seems ordinary. (Think of it lik the film Halloween's impact in 1978 vs how it seems after 50 years of the slasher films that came after. It seems quaint and ordinary)
@@macheesmo3 no he didnt. Stop lying. Nothing groundbreaking about his acting and never was. Please stop parroting bllsht in fields you have zero relevant expertise in
Listen I am no expert, I am glad the movie covered the true story about Brando. Me? There was an okay performance but I was very disappointed in his performance and was much more impressed by the other actors, especially Sheen & Duvall. This movie was the final nail in Brando's reputation. For awhile Brando and Orson Wells had belated formed an elite club of over-the-hill genius cashing in. Apocalypse Now is in my top five favorite movies of all times. Milius & Coppolla performed a miracle with this movie.
I actually liked the fact that he was chubby in Apocalypse now, it made sense to me that he would be the only one well fed knowing that he was worshipped by the people around him.
Adding to the Mutiny on the Bounty discourse, it is true he clashed with the films first director but not so much the replacement. (If I’m remembering correctly from a book I’ve read). He even went on to work with the same director again in another picture. So as to say, the studio really used him as a scapegoat.
It's fun watching Brando interviews with a studio audience (such as Dick Cavett) - they all laugh nervously to Cavett's inane banter, as Brando cuts through Hollywood BS and the delusions people outwardly cling onto. He was two steps ahead of them.
I think Coppola let the majesty and excellence of Apocalypse Now go to his head; that film was propelled to excellence in part because a chaotic film about a chaotic war with a chaotic guest star (Brando) happened to work in his favor as much by luck and circumstance as by his artistic genius. He apparently tried to follow the same formula when making Megalopolis, but it is a catastrophic failure.
If they known how much greater the film would become they'd have paid Brando double what they eventually did. Of course, that could not have been in money contract terms (Brando would've accepted and thrown more parties) - it should've been tribute to accede to his script changes and vision. But... you need actual time machines to go back in to have that sort of foresight. So all told Coppola did quite a masterful job by bumbling along with the hellish schedule.
Creative people always seem to be getting into fights with others. There is something to be said about being a novelist as you've only got yourself to deal with.
Correction - At 28:13, I left the wrong citation up and didn't catch it until just now. The clip of the children playing with bullet casings is from the Apocalypse Now set in the Hollow Men special feature and not real documentary footage from the Vietnam War. Sorry for the confusion.
This is why I love your videos; you apologise when an easily missed citation is wrong even though 99.7% of videos have absolutely nothing! Thanks CinemaTyler
brando was a weirdo that was overrated
Love your work and dedication to detail. Please keep doing what you do. But respectfully, the term is "cartridge cases" rather than "bullet casings". Saying so might be pedantic of me, but 99.999% of what you're doing here is feckin' brilliant.
That makes sense since they appear to be blank cases, which are more commonly used to make movies than real war. You can tell they're blanks because of the star-shaped crimp at the top. Cases that were crimped around a bullet would be circular.
@@darknessvikingOverrated in your overrated mind perhaps.
I prefer that Kurtz was a big man - it makes him more imposing and intimidating, and a greater challenge to Willard. The idea that he was thriving in such a hostile environment lends him greater power and mystique.
That was always kind of my take. That he'd given up on taking care of himself and was now a king getting phat off the backs of the labor of his cult (I think the F word makes comments disappear, I've gotten in trouble for it, can't be too careful). It seemed deliberate when they show him snacking. Then again that could have just been Brando refusing to go 2 minutes without food so they just let him eat during the shots.
@@D-Fens_1632 A good actor knows how to incorporate "business" into their performance. Brando did it flawlessly in Godfather, with the cat in his lap, and the oranges.
Hostile? With free bananas and water buffalo everywhere you look?
@@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 malaria
Yea agreed. As other poster has said it gives the impression of a king gone bad.
brando calling his dog the greatest actor on earth because he pretends he loves him but just wants food, is pretty damn funny
All pets on earth are like that 😂
@@knownpleasuresmeow
Funny, but misunderstands dogs, who will risk their lives for the pack including their human alpha
"It was a joke!" is something you say after you compulsively eat nine people's pasta.
I mean, nobody wants to admit they ate nine cans of ravioli. But i did, and im ashamed of myself
He was bulimic but had a sense of humour about it, perverse as it may have been.
Marlon! *studio audience laughter and applause*
I wonder if this was the inspiration for Ricky eating 9 cans of ravioli. I was hoping I'd find a reference to that here.
I doubt it was a joke. When Brando lived next to Jack Nicholson, he famously used to go over there all the time and eat all Nicholoson's food because the refrigerator and pantry in Brando's own house had been locked shut to keep him from eating everything at once.
I cannot believe how these documentaries don't have millions of views cause they certainly deserve it. Wonderful work thank you for sharing man
I feel really bad for Mr Coppola, but at the same time he made this unforgettable film that still holds up to this day.
The trials and tribulations made it the masterpiece that it is and will be far in to the future.
Pressure makes diamonds.
yea i think its a real testament to persistence and creative problem solving and vision.
I think everyone knows that Marlon Brando hated learning his lines, there’s all the famous stories about Robert Duvall having to wear sheets of paper with Brando’s line on them. Eventually in the 90s this got so bad that he would use an earpiece while someone fed him his lines. While filming The Island of Dr. Moreau his earpiece started picking up airline traffic from a nearby airport, and Brando started repeating lines from the air traffic control like it was in the script. He also was reportedly very into photoshop and early cgi software in the 90s and would photoshop his friends in weird places as a joke. He was also a CoSa adopter, an early software that was bought by adobe. Of course, part of what he wanted out of embracing this tech was being able to do less work by just having some shitty CGI face and he just voice act. He also used to constantly get into arguments in AOL chatrooms and get banned for telling people to fuck off. And this man turned in at least 3 of the greatest performances of all time. Incredible.
brando being one of the earliest forum trolls feels oddly right lol
I read an anecdote of him eating cabbage rolls before a scene and dropping disgusting farts while filming with Val Kilmer on Dr. Moreau.
@@Demonico-j7x Sounds like the man that allegedly insisted Frank Oz use his Miss Piggy voice to direct him.
The moments when talent, other people’s hard work and dumb luck met. Like William Goldman once said, “Nobody knows nothing.”
Brando's dream of replacing himself with AI and spending his time getting banned from online forums is the most Brando thing that ever Brando'd.
Uploads from this channel is always a highlight
Always bitter sweet, because you know you'll see something of great quality but at the same time you know you have to wait months to see the next one.
@@LPVPisFr33 Absolutely, but that also makes the uploads hit even better when they happen
@@kristianhestas5508 CinemaTyler uploads hit different!
Brando had become a marketing brand whose product was brilliant yet a pain in the ass to produce. Poor Francis. It's amazing he pulled it off.
It's a shame that Brando couldn't have shed some weight for the movie, but in the end it hardly matters. The way he is photographed in harsh light and shadow just adds to the sense of conflict that surrounds the man. Everything about this film just becomes more and more surreal and bewildering, and Brando is just the icing on the cake. If you have been watching films as long as I have, you start to realize that some of the greatest films emerge from chaos. Gone With The Wind is a prime example. Sometimes you just catch lightning in a bottle.
Jaws would have sucked if the shark didn't malfunction so much, which forced them to imply the shark's presence, more than show it. The fear of the unseen or unknown is often scarier than actually seeing the thing.
Honestly I think the fact that Kurtz was a giant bald guy only seen in the shadows made it that much creepier.
His performance was so epic it would never have occurred to me he should be emaciated. I always thought he came off as a kind of dark Buddha. It's really effective, aside from the fact that Buddha wasn't actually overweight (the fat Buddha, or laughing Buddha, is in fact Budai, a nickname given to the historical Chinese monk Qieci, who is said to have lived around the 10th century).
@@rodbelding9523 He has the look of a retired wrestler who has given up his training regime but continued to take on excessive calories. I couldn't imagine the character being frail looking.
@@Emulous79 I have a sense of admiration for people who are overweight, honestly. I know it might sound silly to some, but I have an ED cause of some bullying & abuse in my childhood and I have an ethical aversion to consuming things, inherently. To me... consumption in all forms is completely disgusting... but such is our nature, & I realize that there is ways to ethically consume... it just does not feel right to me & it never will. I hate eating... but I wish I could enjoy it. When I see people who clearly do enjoy their food it makes me a little bit jealous. Also I do realize that not everyone who is overweight would want to be admired, a lot do have a disorder like me just the opposite extreme & this is something I do not envy one bit.
Yay with this episode the Making of Apocalypse Now series has become almost 9 hours long... I love it
1 hour = 1 bowl of pasta
@@antoinepetrov it is fantastic !
Going to need a box set release to put next to the film
Tyler, this has to be your best single episode to date! It contains an astounding amount of micro detail.
Something about Brando: he was an OG troll. I don't mean in the metaphorical sense, I mean literally. He was an early adopter of early chatrooms and things like IRC. The man was shitposting till the day he died. So all of the stories around movies like Apocalypse Now and The Island of Doctor Moreau make total sense in that context.
It's amazing Coppola finished anything to do with the Kurtz scenes.
But he was brilliant.
@@yert1989
Without a doubt.
The backstory is as powerful as the film. Thanks.
Imagine being involved in something so legendary, at the age of fourteen
And The Matrix
After diving into Victor Salva's story, I enjoy every second of hearing about Coppola being inconvenienced or annoyed in any way.
I wish someone could explain that to me in a way that made any sense. Still confounds me. Frustrates me, even.
It's so fun to see the parallels between the movie and reality. The photojournalist being obsecssed with Kurtz, similarly to how Dennis Hopper saw Marlon Brando; +Brando's dislike for people taking pictures of him being portrayed in the movie
Brando seems like the last person I’d want to shoot a film with.
absolutely! But he could fill theater seats with asses
I wish Brando did a movie with Klaus Kinski so that Tyler could make an video about it.
They would have killed each other.
With them two that film could never be made
Our battle will be legendary! 😂
I met a stunt coordinator on another film while working back in the day. The only film I asked him about is this film on his resume history. I asked him was it as crazy shoot as they say? He said it was “madness”. This is one my favorites of all time. Great video.
After previously working with him, Coppola was expecting Marlon Brando to be reliable, disciplined, mature and unselfish. Sure, what could POSSIBLY go wrong!?
Can I just say that I am so very glad you have more content to make on this movie!! Thank you CinemaTyler! For your thorough and seemingly never ending coverage on one of the greatest movies ever made!! ❤
You have to think of Kurtz as the shark in Jaws. The less you actually see the better. His presence is what matters.
You're getting so good at this that I even watch the Mubi promo without skipping. Great research and great work.
It’s wild how even through the documentary there’s still so much behind the scenes that went on and has warranted such a long wonderful series!
Well done as always Tyler!
For all Brando's shenanigans during production, his performance in the movie was completely unforgettable, and would have turned out radically different with any other actor. Kurtz being a hulking creature of the shadows just works to utter perfection. To me he is the dark heart of the movie.
I tend to disagree. A number of better actors could have made the character more interesting. Putting up with his unprofessional shit was a raw deal for all the wonderful people making this movie. He can rot in hell.
@karsten11553 that's Brandos genius and the reason they did out up with it. Kurtz seems like a much larger role because the 1st half you hear about him and they travel to him . When he finally show up on screen, he is a leading role and is on about 10 minutes. He is the movie. And Kitz was a genius creation. Whenever you hear about the film , you see Brando. Legendary. But Tango is his best performance
I think in this film and The Missouri Breaks Brando knows the directors and actors idolized him so much he could do anything crazy he wanted and they would think it’s super artistic.
Personally I find Brando the weakest part of Apocalypse Now but this is a great insight into the small details of his involvement. We're nearing post post production and I can't wait for an episode on the writing and recording of the voice over. Great work mate!
thanks Tyler, i love your video series about Apocalypse Now!
Thanks for your hard work!
It's the best!
WOW! Just looking at that thumbnail, Brando could’ve played Alister Crowley in a bio pic.
Definitely.
Love all this new information about AN. With all the problems, the result of the struggles with Brando led to a deeper story about the nightmare of war in the film.
thank you SO much for this amazing series...its obviously a lot of work but we massive fans of Apocalypse Now appreciate it immensely
Brando was actually making sense there for a minute talking to Connie Chung.
@@RhapsodyInBlaah be always made sense unless he chose not to . He wasn't a nut.
great work! this movie reminds me of my friend Jerry who passed. it was his fave. Have shared it with countless others. You did a great job with the behind the scenes. Your editing is top notch!! really well done. Thank you!
Props to Coppola for putting up with this. Marlon's image in the film is absolutely iconic
Still a pleasure to see these in depth documentaries !
Its honestly insane these videos keep coming. I think i started watching more than a year ago and was yearning for more content
Edit: okay it was def 2 years im so happy theres so many episodes now. Im gonna binge them all
I'm excited to watch part two. Excellent as always Tyler.
Cant thank you enough for youre dedication in making this series
I am obsessed about this film and everything about it
The more and more I learn about this film the more and more I marvel at the fact that it ever got made.
Thanks for sharing!
Hollywood has got to be the only place in the world where one can be a complete and utter waste of space as a human but still get famous for it. He did a "Godfather" Kurtz which is the only way he knew how to play it and couldn't portray the true insanity which always comes out in the eyes so the actor/actress has to BECOME that person; in this classic Brando nearly destroyed the whole point of the movie because of his all-important precious ego.
Thanks, Tyler! 🤩 He's an interesting personality, indeed. I spent a weekend with one of his former girlfriends, Jeri Gray, in 1997, a few months before she died. We're all fortunate to have his movies, documentaries and interviews to savor and ponder.
You can see the admiration Sheen has for Brando just by the way he sat next to him and Coppola.
It has become such a treat watching your videos . Ive not watched them all(which is great as i have more to look forward to)as your commentary and views sends me on even deeper analysis jaunts down the rabbit holes of film making. Great stuff, its pure indulgence. Well done chap. You just didn't get this kind of thing on this level or scale before youtube. Its a perfect outlet for all your hardwork to be enjoyed by other's. You must be very proud of your body of work and I hope you continue to have the time, money, energy and passion for years to come. There are many films that deserve your attention. It must be hard to know where to go next.
As much as I love his performances, I think the guy was a bit of a hypocrite, because he often made all sort of unreasonable financial demands of filmmakers and sometimes actively sabotaged the films he was in. He was a complex guy -- brilliant but also unbelievably lazy and deeply troubled in many ways. If you think acting is nonsense and movies are nonsense, then quit the biz and become a postal worker. But he didn't do that. He still wanted the checks. I always remember when he badmouthed "The Freshman" -- a film he was in -- because of some minor financial dispute, and then the film got awesome reviews and he suddenly changed his tune. But for all that, he was still amazing. The Godfather would have never been what it was without Marlon Brando.
Complex, lazy, and troubled to the point that the "indian" that gave his Oscar speech was a fraud.
24:19 I'm sorry but "let them win" means let them win the same way we won WW2, which included carpet bombing, indiscriminate shelling, sacrificing the young, etc in the pursuit of a greater, worthwhile goal. Sometimes the terrible is worth it. We seem to have lost our nerve on this since Korea tbh. Lest we forget, "communism" had led to FAR more many deaths than fascism etc. I really wish you guys would stop self-flagellating over this.
Brando's sheer presence in that movie earned his salary.
So good… Thank you. I’m completely in love with your work. It’s not flashy but you’ve got so much information so many insights, good photos and everything. It’s just always completely wonderful and compelling and satisfying. Much appreciate it.
I can't even believe this movie exists, Coppola is one of the greatest directors ever for being able to get this movie releasable lmao
Art overcoming adversity.
I am amazed and so impressed with all your research and time that goes into your videos! Love them so much. Apocalypse has always been my favorite movie of all time. I think it’s the greatest movie ever made! Keep up the great work!
24:32 it’s amazing that a society so close to the bombing of Dresden and Hiroshima would be suddenly squeamish about what it takes to win a war.
These are SO FANTASTIC, Tyler!!
For all his craziness, Brando did have a point about the way Kurtz was originally written. Those Milius lines at 26:32 are pretty painful.
I feel Brando would have made a decent writer and director but he probably burned too many bridges for that chance.
@@SEAZNDragon He Did Direct one movie: One-Eyed Jacks, but didn't like the experience and decided to not do it again.
@@Malum09 thanks. I need to look it up
Brando pretty much saved the ending of this movie but never gets any credit for it because Coppola just loves to ridicule the man in interviews for 40 years now. Coppola only talks about the difficult first days on set when there was no solid script for Brando's scenes and Brando had to come up with a lot by himself to portray Kurtz in any meaningful way (and went back to Conrad for inspiration.)
Brilliant! Cinema Tyler scores again! Brilliant!
what an ordeal making this film was, and it pays off, no way to change the channel when it is on tv--also a great video!
Ya, the movie is masterpiece. The anxiety and fear bleed through to the audience. This video focuses on Brando but everyone else was just as scattered.
Your videos are immaculate, great job Tyler
@CinemaTyler thank you for this series. Apocalypse Now is my favorite film & it's really been great to learn so much about the epic film.
Brando was a diva, a narcasist, and a genuine asshole. Not nearly as important as he thought he was.
CinemaTyler, you've done it again! 🙂
Just saw the originally released film again tonight, after watching several of the exemplary videos from this series. Glad to see there may be more in the pipeline, as with the appearance of this new episode today. Looking forward to seeing the episode on post that was mentioned in episode 17 (Do Lung Bridge).
Absolutely fantastic, thank you!
I've worked on movies, none of this surprises me.
It seems like this is your "Magnum Opus!" I really loved your treatment of 2001 A Space Odyssey from years back now, however, this series is just far better IMO. I don't even remember when you started this, but I keep watching and I cannot believe it is this many episodes deep so far! Love the information and your dedication to this series; and to film in general.
The Substance was a groaner. It was so dumb.
This is such a good series.
Reagan and Kurtz were right, DONT FIGHT….unless you are committed to victory. You can’t pretty up war!
This is my favorite production on UA-cam.
absolutely fantastic video
7:12 she wasn't any kind of native
Thank you as always for your work Tyler. I could listen to you speak about about pretty much everything. I also love the idea of someone like you, thoughtful and gentle, trying to eat popcorn during the last scenes of "The Substance."
I basically have a rule. If I am watching a movie, in a theatre, I will eat popcorn. Even if I am not hungry. I couldn't eat anything in the final 30 minutes of "The Substance."
If you are a Mubi user, I recommend watching the beautiful film "Hanami" from Cape Verde. I saw it at the Vancouver International Film Festival, and Mubi presented it, so I presume it will end up on their stream service.
Anyways, that was a random set of ideas. Is there any other director you would consider creating a new series of video essays on?
I think he achieved his goals and then… after that he didn’t see the point in striving further. But he wanted more money so he continued to work despite not really feeling inspired.
Brando probably expected the production to fail before they could film his scenes. The “Leighly, like wind blowing through a field of wheat” anecdote sounds like a joke on Brando’s part. The character he ended up playing is more interesting than what Coppola originally envisioned, in that it’s a depiction of the madman that’s in all of us, but in Brando especially.
oh we finally got to see Tyler!!
one of those satisfying times when the face absolutely matches the voice💁🏻♂️👍🏻
Man ...the best videos on youtube ....WOW Brando was a piece of work!
Excellent presentation. Truly outstanding! I've read the Cowie book and others on AN and your video constructs a fascinating portrait of the many creative struggles and epiphanies required to produce this cinematic masterpiece. (I especially appreciate your focusing on Maestro Brando's methodology and process -- very illuminating). Thank you for your detailed and passionate work on this amazing film. It's worth your efforts.
Right when I needed one most, @CinemaTyler releases another making another "making apocalypse now" ✊🏻
I've never really understood the whole Brando mystic. I've seen most of his major films, Streetcar, On the Waterfront, The Wild One, Mutiny on the Bounty, Godfather, Apocalypse Now and some of the lesser ones like The Missouri Breaks, The Freshman, Superman. For me his best performance by far was The Godfather. The others are fine but only Godfather and Apocalypse Now are movies I watch over and over and Apocalypse Now isn't because of Brando's performance which. I rewatched On The Waterfront recently and I thought Brando's performance was very good but not earth shattering. Brando doesn't even make my top 10 favorite actor list. JMHO. After seeing this and hearing some of the other stories about Brando I really have to wonder why people put up with his BS. I guess it's all about public perception and most of all the money people would pay to see him due to that perception.
I agree
I do really like Brando as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (1953).
Brando changed acting from the old, theatrical style to more realistic style. This was considered groundbreaking. Thus, he was copied by everyone to the point where his early work seems ordinary. (Think of it lik the film Halloween's impact in 1978 vs how it seems after 50 years of the slasher films that came after. It seems quaint and ordinary)
By the very definition of celebrity there is always going to be a significant element of bandwagon-ing.
@@macheesmo3 no he didnt. Stop lying. Nothing groundbreaking about his acting and never was. Please stop parroting bllsht in fields you have zero relevant expertise in
I love how Brando was "so overweight" they had to change the plot, but by today's standards he's slightly above average.
He’s supposed to be a bad-ass Green Beret type though
@@gregbors8364he was supposed to have been emaciated due to malaria
…and that losing 2 lbs per *day* is something that a doctor at a major hospital would recommend
"Slightly above average"? He weighed the same as me, 240 lbs, except he was 5'9" and I'm 6'4" and I'm considered overweight.
It seemed like the most obvious change in filming his scenes was that he was always shot in the shadows.
this series is bloody incredible
Listen I am no expert, I am glad the movie covered the true story about Brando. Me? There was an okay performance but I was very disappointed in his performance and was much more impressed by the other actors, especially Sheen & Duvall. This movie was the final nail in Brando's reputation. For awhile Brando and Orson Wells had belated formed an elite club of over-the-hill genius cashing in. Apocalypse Now is in my top five favorite movies of all times. Milius & Coppolla performed a miracle with this movie.
This Dutch Angle doc is also here on YT, and also Writing with Light (1992). Could probably find most of those sources here.
I love these vids u gotta keep makin em
I actually liked the fact that he was chubby in Apocalypse now, it made sense to me that he would be the only one well fed knowing that he was worshipped by the people around him.
It's rare to see something done w/ a human approach anymore. Good work.
Adding to the Mutiny on the Bounty discourse, it is true he clashed with the films first director but not so much the replacement. (If I’m remembering correctly from a book I’ve read). He even went on to work with the same director again in another picture. So as to say, the studio really used him as a scapegoat.
Can't wait to see the next one
Great doc, thanks 🙏
Thank you from Quebec !
It's fun watching Brando interviews with a studio audience (such as Dick Cavett) - they all laugh nervously to Cavett's inane banter, as Brando cuts through Hollywood BS and the delusions people outwardly cling onto. He was two steps ahead of them.
I think Coppola let the majesty and excellence of Apocalypse Now go to his head; that film was propelled to excellence in part because a chaotic film about a chaotic war with a chaotic guest star (Brando) happened to work in his favor as much by luck and circumstance as by his artistic genius. He apparently tried to follow the same formula when making Megalopolis, but it is a catastrophic failure.
Coppola should have gotten the poor man's Brando--Rod Steiger, for a fraction of the cost.
You are SO right.
Steiger had exactly the same propensity to deliver the intensity the role required, he’d have been a perfect choice.
Brando was such a terrible choice for Kurtz with a terrible result.
Lol, "terrible result". It's iconic and you are here on UA-cam decades later still talking about it.
If they known how much greater the film would become they'd have paid Brando double what they eventually did. Of course, that could not have been in money contract terms (Brando would've accepted and thrown more parties) - it should've been tribute to accede to his script changes and vision. But... you need actual time machines to go back in to have that sort of foresight. So all told Coppola did quite a masterful job by bumbling along with the hellish schedule.
Brando was gen z before gen z
He was just rebellious and lazy and a prankster so yeah decently describes gen z
He was Genius!!! Unique actor can considered Genius!!!
Creative people always seem to be getting into fights with others. There is something to be said about being a novelist as you've only got yourself to deal with.
Immensely well done, my friend
‘Do you think my method acting is unsound? ‘