A three-disc edition of Apocalypse Now hits Blu-Ray this week, and one of the special features is the conversation between director Francis Ford Coppola and writer John Milius, who adapted Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness for the screenplay. Here Milius tells Coppola the origin of the title “Apocalypse Now”. Basically, Milius hated hippies, so he took their common button or jacket patch, a peace sign that said “Nirvana Now”, and added a few lines so that it looked like a B-52 and said “Apocalypse Now.” I don’t know about you, but seeing a dude who looks so much like Walter Sobchak from Big Lebowski talk about hating hippies kind of gives me a hard on.
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Walter Sobchak was actually based on John Milius
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And now back to the dick jokes
I love John Milius. He made a Conan movie that was nothing like the stories but was still fucking awesome. I’m sure Nispel will only get that first part right.
As a Roman Imperialist, I can respect fucking and doing drugs all day, but peace is for pussies.
Thanks for that link, Large. The real life Walter Sobchak wrote Red Dawn and Conan? – that makes sense.
Also,
Yes, please.
“This is what happens when you fuck a hippie in the ass!”
Charlie don’t roll!
If Milius is going to do a Genghis Khan movie, he better get this band to do the soundtrack.
Nope, this is the song he should be using…
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*puts on Bad News CD, turns frown upside-down*
Cheers, Cash.
Milius directed Big Wednesday, starring a young Gary Busey. There is absolutely no chance that hanging out on that set would have been interesting and/or life threatening.
Kurtz (dying): The . . . Jesus . . . the . . . Jesus
@ meatsack:
You get the song ‘Love Shack?’
Fascists get a lot of media love in the U.S. these days, and here’s another example.