Apocolypse Now is a metaphor for a journey into the self and in the face of war the self "darkens". As the characters move upriver, Willard and the PBR crew become more and more agitated not to mention seperated from reality. Each crew member goes through some kind of mental breakdown due to this. The film starts as an exciting voyage but morphs into a decent into hell and the characters response to this is to harden themselves. They begin to withdrawl and tranform into different people entirely. The coming maddness is shown by cloaking the journey in darkness.
Any other thoughts about this connection between war and the darkening self?
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