Apocalypse Now': Coppola defends killing live water buffalo for film

When filming the animal sacrifice scene in Apocalypse Now, did director Francis Ford Coppola actually film a real bull being hacked with a machete? - Quora

TIL: a real water buffalo is seen being slaughtered at the end of Francis Ford Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now' (1979) The animal had already been marked for sacrifice by the indigenous tribe whose

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From a terrific article “Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now' must be the key lecture in anyone's filmmaking education” (Inside) : r/Moviesinthemaking

What are your thoughts about this scene in Andrei Rublev or about animal cruelty in films? : r/criterion

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