24 paintings per second, with a dialogue added!

Rating: 10/10 (12 October 2000)

An amazing piece of film making that goes beyond everything before and beats hands down everything since. Every frame of this remarkable movie is a piece of art on its own. Add to this a story borrowed from one of the classic novels of all time, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, this movie can not be surpassed.
It is overly long, and convoluted-but this all seems necessary when you watch it. You forgive the length, not forget about it. You let the ambiguity sweep over you, rather than let it irritate you.
Watch it, open minded, stick it out. Turn the lights off and be taken there, to a war so perverse any action is normal.