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Originally Posted by Gammel
Apocalypse now is one of the best movies ever made,
but i would not call it a war film.
Of course, there´s a war going on in that film.
Also i wouldn´t call it a leftist propaganda film.
I wouldn´t call it an antiwar movie also.
It´s much more...
This film has no easy message in (war is bad, war is good war is cruel, blablabla...) 
It´s a masterpiece.
Performed by brilliant actors
Watch it again Nagel, if you like. Do you already have seen the "redux" version?
Use a good TV if possible and good soundequipment...
ok, sorry enough evangelism 
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I do agree it's a brilliant work, but it's still leftist propaganda. just take that one scene where the can comes in playing Wagner, come on! Wagner for God's sake, and attack the "peaceful" village where the children are sitting down in school? We're portrayed as the invading horde. that movie is a blatent piece of antiwar propaganda. I do love the air cav scene, and I do really really enjoy the redux version. the cinematography, and subtle underplots are intense, but it's still not a "war movie" inasmuch as it dipicts warriors in combat. Das Boot is a great war film, all quiet is a great war film. Anyone who says that Apocolypse is a great war film is too easily impressed by hollywood pyrotechnics.