Apocalypse Now
Martin Sheen, a self-taught actor, was born in Ohio on August 3, 1940 by the name Ramon Estevez. His career began as an actor after discovering his passion for theater in high school, gaining much of his experience on stage in New York. His most noted stage performance was The Subject Was Roses, after which he moved on to television shows to include: Route 66 and The Outer Limits. His first appeared on screen in his first film debut, The Incident in 1967. Apocalypse Now was released in 1979, based in 1967 on a story of an Army Special Forces Colonel who went rogue in the jungles of Cambodia during the Vietnam war. This movie starts out portraying Sheens character, Captain Willard, as a very unconventional soldier, showing him waking from a drunken bender at random South Vietnamese hotel. Sheen does a great job setting up the ground
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This scene served to show depth in Sheen’s character, showing something other than the PTSD ridden, combat hardened soldier that is Captain Willard by giving light to a more comical side of his personality. From this point on the movie primarily progresses in a downward spiral of chaotic situations, all of which Sheen’s character seems to arrive completely at home in. Sheen is able to portray his character’s personality is ways that many actors struggle with, especially once encountering Colonel Kurtz in person. Throughout the movie Captain Willard is reading though and studying Kurtz’s dossier, becoming familiar with him as a person and military leader perhaps even a role model to many soldiers. Sheen does a remarkable job of building up the plot and putting question into mind of the viewer as to the reality of his mission. When Captain Willard finally approached the encampment of
This scene served to show depth in Sheen’s character, showing something other than the PTSD ridden, combat hardened soldier that is Captain Willard by giving light to a more comical side of his personality. From this point on the movie primarily progresses in a downward spiral of chaotic situations, all of which Sheen’s character seems to arrive completely at home in. Sheen is able to portray his character’s personality is ways that many actors struggle with, especially once encountering Colonel Kurtz in person. Throughout the movie Captain Willard is reading though and studying Kurtz’s dossier, becoming familiar with him as a person and military leader perhaps even a role model to many soldiers. Sheen does a remarkable job of building up the plot and putting question into mind of the viewer as to the reality of his mission. When Captain Willard finally approached the encampment of