Recently, I watched the movie, "Apocalypse Now". It's a film from 1979. It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and it stars, among others, Martin Sheen, HARRISON FORD, Robert Duvall, or Marlon Brando. It tells the story of a man who's order to assasinate a renegade officer, who's accused of executing 4 Vietnamese during the Vietnam War without an order.

I think it's a truly impressive film. The opening scene features a recording of the song, "the End", playing while we are shown images of trees burning and helicopters flying around. "This is the End... my only friend, the End". I find this is a really memorable sequence. It sets the tone for the entire. Peaceful, melancholic, albeit sad music is contrasted by the gruesome reality of war.

The film's premise is to show that all our civilization is built in the midst of a huge, unconquerable, and overwhelming force - the Nature. All that we have ever achieved as a species rests is but a small raft floating upon a huge ocean of wilderness, violence, sexual frustration, hatred. All that humanity has done is to build itself a rather shaky shelter providing us a temporary cover against the raging storm of wilderness from which we came, and to which we eventually shall return. I think the motion picture does a rather splending job at conveying this message.

But what is truly impressive about the film is the cinematography. It's breathtaking. One of the most impressive shots is when Willard, the protagonist, jumps into the river and his face is shown slowly emerging to the surface, all covered in camouflage. I think that's a really incredibly shot, which should be appreciated.

I don't know what people will say, but I think it may actually be one of the greatest films I have seen.

What do you think?