it was a potential disaster and martin sheen had had a heart attack and there was a lot of drama around what we were going to see on-screen. >> that was "apocalypse now" and then the movie just blew my [ bleep ] mind. >> the lights are down. you hear -- and then finally the screen comes up. it was like, wow. ♪ this is the end ♪ ♪ beautiful friend ♪ >> it's a stranger kind of film that more and more apocalypse becomes like a dream or a nightmare in which you're dealing with themes of morality and good and evil. so to me the real issue is that it would be beautiful and in some way would throw light on the subject. >> i love the smell of napalm in the morning. >> unlike a lot of the vietnam movies that came later, which tried to be more realistic, this seemed surreal.