"You dropped acid? Far out...."

The scene in Apocalypse Now that I wanted to talk about was the scene in which the boat reached Do Long Bridge. There is a lot to talk about in that scene, so I wanted to talk about the movement of the camera. In the very beginning we are right on the boat looking at the hellish place this bridge must be. As the scene progresses the camera shows the men on the left trying to get onto the boat (presumably to freedom). I think that the cinematographer was trying to make it so you were looking out on the people outside as well, and even doing the same thing of looking at everyone around you trying to make sense of what is going on. When Willard and Lance get off the boat and are moving along, there is that long, smooth, tracking shot of the two of them walking with the insanity behind them. After that the camera does more cut shots, possibly to further disorientate the viewer.