Filmmakers go to incredible lengths to tell stories.
Heres why movies like Apocalypse Now and The Revenant deserve our praise…
This article originally appeared onDen of Geek UK.
We were in the jungle.
We had too much money.
We had too much equipment.
What that documentary reveals is how the battle to makeApocalypse Nowtransformed the film itself.
Kurtz muddy enclave has a hellish, dreamlike quality.
It takes a certain cast-iron will to make films such as these.
To refute those arguments, you only have to go back and watch those 70s and 80s films again.
In each movie, theres a raw, elemental power that couldnt have been wrought on a studio backlot.
The cast and crew lived and breathed those experiences, so we experience them, too.
Star Leonardo DiCaprio and the rest of the team endured months of freezing weather in remote, hostile locations.
DiCaprio fell ill; the budget swelled, equipment broke.
As it turned out, Inarritu was right.
Of course, movies dont have to be made in extreme conditions to be brilliant.
Movies dont necessarily have to be shot on location to be classics, either.
But every so often, a director will go off on an extraordinary journey to make their film.
Its those moments of discovery and palpable realism that make movies likeApocalypse NowandThe Revenantso effective.
Original material producing something with physical things that can change, and you have to adapt.
To surprise people with something that is unexpected or unpredictable.
So what if DiCaprio felt a bit cold on a film shoot?
The Revenantis out in cinemas now.
