“Apocalypse Now Final Cut” A magnificent epic depicting the chaos of the battlefield, a look behind the birth of the new version

Significant upgrades in picture and sound quality

Conversely, there are some places where the time before and after a shot is longer than in the " Special Complete Edition ," and in terms of the sound effects, when Lt. Colonel Kilgore (Robert Duvall) plays Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" during a helicopter raid, there was an awkward feeling that the sound was played without any slack as soon as the open reel deck started up, but this has been carefully corrected, including adjusting the pitch.

Furthermore, the quality of the image and sound has been significantly improved in this Final Cut. However, Coppola's thoroughness in these areas was already considered in the Special Edition, and for this version he commissioned Technicolor to create the prints, experimentally reviving the dye transfer process (a non-photographic process that creates release prints similar to those used in color book printing) to make prints that are less likely to fade, resulting in higher image quality.

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However, now that digital is the basis of film production, Coppola has had access to the original negative of " Apocalypse Now " for the first time in order to achieve even higher quality (up until now, the film has been edited using an interpositive taken from the original negative as the master material), and in terms of the image, the original negative was digitally scanned and the grading was adjusted. It took 11 months and about 2,700 hours to clean the 300,173 frames of film, restoring the work in a clearer form.

In addition, Dolby Vision provides high dynamic range (high color gamut), bringing highlights up to 40 times brighter than ever before and dark areas up to 10 times darker than ever before. In terms of sound, the original 6-track print created by original sound designer Walter Murch was discovered and adapted to the object audio standard Dolby Atmos, providing the audience with an immersive sound experience.

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