The helicopter scene is an exemplary example of that. When American soldiers in the helicopters flight to destroy a Vietnamese village, accompanied with loud sound of Wagner’s composition Ride of Valkyries, they do not show even for a second some thinking that there are innocent people who do not anything to do with the political issues. They just came and unmercifully fire whole village. The lack of interest that they are devastating Vietnamese land, is shown when the Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore say to Lance that he can go surf and show what he knew. Even though this scene is serious and violent image of the Vietnam War, Apocalypse Now described it as common day in Vietnam. The only people who talk are the American soldiers. Vietnamese just scream and run away as cowardly people. The Apocalypse Now show the disrespect of the Americans against
The helicopter scene is an exemplary example of that. When American soldiers in the helicopters flight to destroy a Vietnamese village, accompanied with loud sound of Wagner’s composition Ride of Valkyries, they do not show even for a second some thinking that there are innocent people who do not anything to do with the political issues. They just came and unmercifully fire whole village. The lack of interest that they are devastating Vietnamese land, is shown when the Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore say to Lance that he can go surf and show what he knew. Even though this scene is serious and violent image of the Vietnam War, Apocalypse Now described it as common day in Vietnam. The only people who talk are the American soldiers. Vietnamese just scream and run away as cowardly people. The Apocalypse Now show the disrespect of the Americans against