Director Francis Ford Coppola plays a TV news director telling the soldiers not to look at the camera.

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Timestamp: 00:26:10

As Captain Willard and his crew arrive at a chaotic combat zone, a TV news crew is filming the action. The bearded man directing the cameraman and shouting "Don't look at the camera! Just go by, like you're fighting!" is the film's actual director, Francis Ford Coppola. It’s a brilliant fourth-wall-breaking hidden message about the media's role in the Vietnam War.

Director Francis Ford Coppola plays a TV news director telling the soldiers not to look at the camera. in Apocalypse Now

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