Coppola’s commentary for the movies is actually quite good. He kicks things off by telling the story of how the opening sequence came together by accident: it was actually filler footage from one of the cameras during the “Ride of the Valkyries” sequence. The director speaks eloquently about the film’s themes and doesn’t shy away from the stories behind infamous moments, like how he allowed the scene where Martin Sheen smashed the mirror and cut his hand to go on even though the actor was really drunk and bleeding. Coppola tells all kinds of fascinating anecdotes, like the origin of Colonel Kilgore, and provides many factoids, like the creation of the “Valkryies” sequence, associated with making the movie. The Redux commentary is essentially the same but with new comments over the added footage.

Coppola always does a great track & this one is quite good (not as good as the Godfather series tho...). The only criticism I have is that it gets a bit dull sometimes, almost like he thinks he has to talk constantly. It's ok to pause every once in a while, dude! The best moments are when he talks about the reinserted scenes in the Redux vers.

I'm not a huge fan of FFC commentaries (I don't remember much about the Godfather commentaries, hence the reason I didn't review them, but I do remember that he rattled on about some things for minutes at a time that had little to do with the film) but this seems to be decent enough to keep the viewer (but only the fan of Apocalypse Now) entertained. FFC talks about the harsh times during the filming (though he understates it by a long way) and what it was like on location, in post-production, and other aspects. Most interestingly, he talks over the redux portion as well, thus telling us how and why these scenes were cut.

P.S. In my opinion, even with the explanations, I enjoy the original version over the redux.