Revisionism: the director can alter his work... and I can hate it!

[Riff Magnum]

Originally Posted by bferr1

Well, there was a point, actually. There has been a 5-hour workprint of this film available on bootlegged video for years, fueling the notion that there was a lot more to Apocalypse than we were allowed to see-- one of the great "What ifs?" in recent cinema. (It's the same kind of myth surrounding David Lynch's Dune, by the way.) The Redux obviously is a way to quell that demand with an official product rather than a shoddy bootleg, and that's about it.

I mean that there's no point to the actual extra content featured in the movie. It doesn't add anything to the story, except excess blubber. We get it; vietnam was a messed up place.
I'm sure any talented director that has legions of fanboys will be pressured into releasing extra footage or directors cuts of their favorite films. It doesn't mean they should, simply because they can. So basically, the point of the Redux cut was to appease fanboys and make some extra cash. Brilliant.