Smell The Napalm: The Story Behind This Incredible Scene | Ep11 | Making Apocalypse Now

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► ►►Try MUBI Free for 30 Days: https://mubi.com/cinematyler Download your Companion PDF ($1): https://cinematyler.gumroad.com/l/xodsr *Free for $5 Patrons! I love the smell of napalm in the morning… In Episode 11 of Making Apocalypse Now, we take a look at the second half of Francis Ford Coppola’s enormous Valkyries Sequence that would involve even more dangerous helicopter stunts, a seemingly straightforward shot of a helicopter lifting the patrol boat that turned out to be insanely difficult, an extremely large and complicated napalm explosion sequence, as well as one of the most quoted lines in cinema history, This is the story behind these and many other great moments in the second half of the Valkyries Sequence. Watch this series Ad-Free on Patreon! ($1):   / cinematyler​   #ApocalypseNow​ #FrancisFordCoppola​ #MakingApocalypseNow​ CinemaTyler Survey: https://forms.gle/MYE1iqbAiMa2jfib9 Twitter:   / cinematyler​   Facebook:   / cinematyler​   Tumblr:   / cinematyler  ​ This video is by Tyler Knudsen. Affiliate Links: (Coppola) Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now by Eleanor Coppola: https://amzn.to/3K9B9XH (Cowie) The Apocalypse Now Book by Peter Cowie: https://amzn.to/3Zh8rZp (Travers) Coppola's Monster Film: The Making of Apocalypse Now by Steven Travers: https://amzn.to/3ZybjS1 (Commentary) Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut: https://amzn.to/3npMry6 (Playboy)The Playboy Interviews: The Directors: https://amzn.to/40Ez8IO (Martin) New Waves in Cinema by Sean Martin: https://amzn.to/3FSCdge Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse: https://amzn.to/40CnoGB (Phillips) Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola By Gene D. Phillips: https://amzn.to/3lCPlzj [Cinephilia & Beyond] Incredible collection of resources on Apocalypse Now: https://bit.ly/35Mvv7M (Salon) The Sound of Vietnam by Michael Sragow - https://bit.ly/3qy8917 (AC) Interview With Vittorio Storaro - American Cinematographer – Feb 2001 (Screenplay) Apocalypse Now Screenplay by John Milius - Dec 5, 1969 Fun Stuff: I Love The Smell Of… [Super-Cut] - https://bit.ly/3afL7r5 Why “Big Duke 6?” - https://bit.ly/3wRTT7w Music: Epidemic Sound