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Apocalypse Restored to 2.35

The best part of today's announcement of the Blu-ray release of Apocalypse Now (19 October) is that the Theatrical Cut and the "Redux" version are both in 2.35:1, the movie's original aspect ratio. Our long 2.00:1 nightmare, begun by the otherwise-brilliant Vittorio Storaro, is at last over--on this picture, at least.

The press release in my inbox says there will be two versions: (1) the 2-disc Two-Film Set, which contains the 1979 and Redux versions, old extras and some new ones, and (2) the 3-disc Full Disclosure Edition, which duplicates everything in the Two-Film Set and adds George Hickenlooper and Fax Bahr's Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, more extras, a 48-page booklet, some pieces of art and so on. October is becoming an expensive Blu-ray month for cinephiles.