20th Century filmmakers and their contemporary societies

In Apocalypse Now Redux, Coppola updates Conrad's early 20th Century narrative and setting to comment on America's late 20th Century involvement in Southeast Asia. Similarly, Sergei Bodrov updates Tolstoy's "Prisoner of the Caucasus" to examine Russia's involvement in Chechnya. This paper describes that how these 20th century filmmakers advanced the earlier narratives to comment on their contemporary societies.

These two film makers have set new trends and culture in the 20th century and have given the chance to earlier narratives to comment on their contemporary issues. There are some major differences between the generations, and these ...