apocalypse redux francis ford coppolas war opus probably beautiful war film ever seen capt benjamin willard martin sheen vietnam soldier tapped head dangerous highly classified mission cambodia terminate position col kurtz marlon brando highly ranked highly regarded army man seemingly gone completely insane defected army setting little society helped cultish following soldiers escorting river cambodia handful navy men along way encounter several interesting people most notably robert duvalls kilgore badass lieutenant colonel screws loose horrifying situations br br apocalypse less historical war film philosophical psychological study full metal jacket platoon running time apocalypse three hours film wonderfully paced compelling end film arrived actually surprised amount time passed beautiful cinematography surely stood me however seeing film convinced coppola one masters light photography film history godfather films tinged almost sepia tone shadows created feeling baroque composition apocalypse incredible usage natural light shadows particularly scenes involving brando sheen almost become living character pervasive effective another gorgeous scene cpt willard jay hicks frederic forrest jungle looking mangoes come across tiger sheer enormity surrounding foliage leaves big house made characters almost lilliputian colorization scene incredible everything else almost muted grey leaves incredibly vibrant green effect particularly striking another really minor notredflag moment film great scene helicopters carrying duvall company attack small village playing wagner could ultradramatic underlying soundtrack scene instead coppola turns song actual part scene duvall mentioning likes play approaching scare hell them br br the performances apocalypse first class much made amount money brando earned film amount trouble caused regardless this turned powerful performance relatively short amount screen time sheen completely outstanding  first time seen really unleash film duvall lot fun watch loony kilgore apocalypse now film pervasive pop culture most know several choice lines film i love smell napalm morning et al knew little enough plenty surprises left experience seen original cut apocalypse now cannot compare newer cut film certainly experienced br br shelly