The definition of antiwar movie.

Rating: 10/10 (3 August 2005)

This film is a masterpiece in the history of film-making. This is the film at whom, one of the best filmmakers of the 20'th century, had not made any compromise to external people - not to a producer, not to the US Military and not to the common opinion about Vietnam back in the 70's. Shooting of the footage began in 1976 just one year after the war so you can say this movie is a kind of authentic. Anyway this Film is notorious because of some immortal scenes. There is a lot of discussion about several scenes e.g. the whole "surfing scene" or the additional scenes of the redux version. I cannot understand people giving a bad vote because they don't like some scenes - maybe the most of them did not understand the meaning of the scenes they criticize. Anyway the film is a great metaphor it symbolizes the Vietnam War and the single scenes symbolizes the aspects of this conflict. The most conversant scene is the air attack to the village. To use Wagner's music is ingenious - these wonderful music and the senseless Destruction - the ultimate bafflement! These scene symbolizes the nonsense of war. I also liked the scene where the Boat stops at the the Brige to get fuel - it's a kind of surrealistic. I think it symbolize the abuse of drugs - anyway Lace was on drugs. There a lot of scenes that live on the Willard character. Willard is some kind of elite soldier but he is also crude and an alcoholic. The scene where he kills the girl show his coldness. It symbolizes the brutalization of war. Also the whole Kurtz character symbolizes the brutalization. My favorite scene is the end - where Willard arises out of the water, and also the scene where he sit at Kurtz's table and watch to the crowd outside. It symbolizes the dilemma of war.