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1917
Sam Mendes runs World War I through one continuous apparent shot. Real-time dread.
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1917
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The burning village and the river — Coppola's template
→ Apocalypse Now (1979)
The burning town sequence and the river crossing echo Coppola's descent into Vietnam. Mendes uses the journey structure — the messenger going deeper into chaos — directly from Apocalypse Now's architecture.
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