What happened at the end of Apocalypse Now?

After arriving at Kurtz’s outpost, Marlow concludes that Kurtz has gone insane and is lording over a small tribe as a god. The novella ends with Kurtz dying on the trip back and the narrator musing about the darkness of the human psyche: “the heart of an immense darkness”.

What does Willard do at the end of Apocalypse Now?

The ending prior to this, however, is one that hasn’t changed. Willard, slipping into Kurtz’s compound, hacks him to death as outside, the Montagnards, hack a water buffalo into pieces as part of their rituals.

What did Kurtz do in Apocalypse Now?

Kurtz located his army, including their wives and children, at a remote abandoned Cambodian temple which they fortified. From their base, Kurtz led attacks on the local V.C. and the regular N.V.A. in the region. Kurtz employed barbaric methods not only to defeat his enemy but also to send fear.

What was the point of Apocalypse Now?

The film is a metaphor for a journey into the self and shows how the self, in the face of war, darkens beyond recognition. As they move upriver, Willard and the PBR crew become more agitated and separated from reality. Each experiences his own kind of mental breakdown.

Does Willard become Kurtz?

Kurtz located his army, including their wives and children, at a remote abandoned Cambodian temple which Kurtz’s team fortified. Willard succeeded in his mission only because Kurtz, himself broken mentally by the savage war he had waged, wanted Willard to kill him and release him from his own suffering.

Where was Kurtz in Apocalypse Now?

Cambodia
In Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness, a character named Kurtz escapes civilisation and domesticity (England and his wife) to go wild in the Congo. In Apocalypse Now, drawn from this book, a character named Kurtz escapes civilisation and domesticity (the US army and his wife) to go wild in Cambodia.