... brutality. The journey into the jungle takes the viewer into the heart of the darkness, providing the viewer with the indications that we are getting deeper into the evil as we progress down the river. The themes of horror are evident in this movie just as sharply as they are in The Things They Carried. The main theme in Apocalypse Now is the concept that in order to survive and function as a "good" soldier one ... must disconnect themselves from their rational views and all of their morals must be disregarded. Colonel Kurtz, the rogue military cult leader who Willard is hunting, eventu...

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