"Apocalypse Now" is about searching, but also about growing. These two basic narrative elements determine the narrative process of the work. "Apocalypse Now" can also be said to be a road movie. It uses the model of a road movie, but replaces roads with rivers and cars with patrol boats.
On the surface, the film talks about the Vietnam War, but of all the famous war films, it may be the one with the highest degree of "sublimation". It can be applied to any war, and even broadly speaking, it shows that any life experience cannot be overstated. Although the film has a positive description of war, its essence is to portray the darkness in human nature. No wonder it is not based on the Vietnam War records, but is adapted from the classic "Heart of Darkness" by British novelist Conrad.
As a war movie with a big opera style, "Apocalypse Now" not only restores the real Vietnam War visually, but also alienates this war that has become a wound of the United States, or restores its original humanity. The film is like a fable that reveals the biggest truth: in fact, there is no victory or defeat in any war, and only the war itself has been victorious.
