Apocalypse Now is an interesting film, not because it is supposedly an anti-war film, but because it is surreal and shows an interesting journey into madness.
Martin Sheen gives us an insight into his character here and we see the senselessness of the whole situation and how easy it is to lose yourself in certain situations.
We follow his journey and the various events that befall him and a small group of soldiers in a patrol boat traveling deep into the jungle. On their way, really bizarre things happen.
Along the way, we also see Robert Duvall in the role of a completely insane officer, whose episodic role has a profound impact on the film.
The film should essentially be anti-war, but it didn't strike me as such, but simply as a film about the fate of various people who found themselves in unusual situations.
Their whole mission doesn't really make sense, and in the end they accomplished nothing, but that's the point. Everything was really in vain.
The direction is excellent, the music is perfectly integrated into the film and matches the tone of the film.
For me, this is a film about the loss of reason and the journey to madness. If civilization completely collapses, and somewhere it has already collapsed a long time ago, this is roughly what we can expect, madness and insanity.
I watched three versions of the film and I liked the Redux version the best.
An interesting and brutal journey into madness and darkness.
