“APOCALYPSE NOW” Lee nods to “Apocalypse Now,” Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 Vietnam-set riff on Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness,” in a number of ways. Minutes into “Da 5 Bloods,” the movie’s logo makes a surreal appearance in an “Apocalypse Now”-themed nightclub in current-day Ho Chi Minh City. The Bloods’ trip upriver is reminiscent of the journey in the Coppola film, and when their boat departs, “Ride of the Valkyries” plays. HANOI HANNAH The North Vietnamese radio broadcaster — real name: Trinh Thi Ngo — had the mission of demoralizing American troops, delivering propaganda that might lead them to abandon fighting. In “Da 5 Bloods,” she announces the Rev.

Source: New York Times June 14, 2020 20:15 UTC