The Canon Podcast | ‘Apocalypse Now’ (1979)

Welcome to another wonderful Wednesday. Which of course means it’s time for another episode of The Canon: An Essential Movies Watchlist. This week we’re talking about the legacy of Apocalypse Now.

Happy listening, screenagers!


Episode 46: Apocalypse Now (1979)

Charlie don’t podcast! This episode smells like victory in the morning. The one and only John Cory Lechner (@Texner13) goes up the river with Raf to unpack the madness in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. As our first war movie and only Vietnam War movie in The Canon, we bring all of the necessary big guns to discuss accordingly.

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Author: Raf Stitt

Brooklyn based. Full time movie fan, part time podcaster, occasional writer. Follow on Twitter: @rafstitt