Czas Apokalipsy jako nostalgia za prostotą przemocy
Apocalypse Now as nostalgia for the simplicity of violence. The psychological and anthropological interpretation
Author(s): Maciej KopycińskiSubject(s): Media studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Psychoanalysis, Sociology of Culture, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej
Keywords: popular culture; film; Apocalypse Now; nonlinear; antiwar; psyche; Zizek; Coppola; warrior; archaic; mental breakdown
Summary/Abstract: Frequently interpreted as a modernist movie, Apocalypse Now, breaks the rule of linear narration for the sake of pageantry. The rejection of the realistic code of presentation keeps up with the antiwar message of the movie. In these terms, the journey into the heart of the jungle constitutes a metaphor of the journey in to the depth of human psyche. Nevertheless, completely different conclusions are drawn on the basis of the analysis involving the psycho analytical cinema theory by Slavoj Žižek. Then, Apocalypse Now appears as a work praising the archaic model of a warrior who is not familiar with mercy, but does not accept hypocrisy which rules in the modern army. Willard’s mission of killing Kurtz allows him to overcome mental breakdown. Due to meeting the cruel colonel, Willard becomes a „fully constituted military subject”.
Journal: Kultura Popularna
- Issue Year: 36/2013
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 42-53
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish