Explaining a Movie on Instagram: "@explainingamovie teaches you something new about movies everyday! When Apocalypse Now premiered at Cannes in 1979, Francis Ford Coppola shocked audiences not just with the film but with his raw honesty about its creation. He revealed that the production had spiraled into chaos—delayed for years, plagued by typhoons, Martin Sheen’s heart attack, and Marlon Brando arriving overweight and unprepared. At Cannes, Coppola famously said, “My film is not about Vietnam.