A group of 50 British critics and film writers has declared Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War epic, "Apocalypse Now," the greatest film of the past 25 years Starring Martin Sheen, Lawrence Fishburne and, "Godfather" alum Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall, the controversial 1979 picture was based on Joseph Conrad's novella, "The Heart of Darkness." Both Conrad's story and Coppola's film examine the horrors of imperialism Half of the films in the Sight and Sound magazine poll were made by American filmmakers 1. "Apocalypse Now," directed by Francis Ford Coppola, 1979 cool 2. "Raging Bull," directed by Martin Scorsese, 1980 I didn't get this one. 3. "Fanny och Alexander," Ingmar Bergman, 1982 huh? 4. "Goodfellas," Martin Scorsese, 1990 Cool spider heh 5. "Blue Velvet," David Lynch, 1986 Did not see it 6. "Do the Right Thing," Spike Lee, 1989 Wanker 7. "Blade Runner," Ridley Scott, 1982 Ultimate cool 8. "Chungking Express," Kar-Wai Wong, 1994 huh 9. "Distant Voices, Still Lives," Terence Davies, 1988 huh 10. (tie) "Once Upon a Time in America," Sergio Leone, 1983 if this is the one Robert Dinero cornholes the beetch in the bunghole on the table and goes to an opium den yeah way cool and "Yi Yi" (A One and a Two,) Edward Yang, 1999 yi yi yang wtf?
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