Talk:Apocalypse Now

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I added a brief quote where Willard asks the soldiers who's in charge. I think this is an important contribution as it adds to the fray, to the impossibility of authority in Vietnam. How can soldiers be responsible for their actions when they don't know who is issuing the orders? Further, I think the fact that Roach replies only with the answer "yeah" brings up a whole slew of ideas and questions. Asking Roach who he thinks is in charge is important: does he think it is the enemy who is in charge here? Is it Sheen's character Willard or Brando's character Kurtz that he thinks is in charge? Or is it God (that is, if we think there is a place for God in Coppola's film)? Who do we think is in charge? This moment in the movie is also the most clearly impressionistic and hypnotizing: light flickers on and off Sheen's face, his voice has the measure of a slow and even breath, while underneath all this seeming tranquility the soldiers in the bunker are in danger of dying. This is very much the eye of the storm, the climax of the movie.