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Mourning Vietnam: Tim Page, the inspiration for Dennis Hopper's acid-head snapper in Apocalypse Now

17 mins | May 28, 2017
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Tim Page is one of the legends of Vietnam: he was shot four times, lost a chunk of brain the size of an orange and was the inspiration for Dennis Hopper's acid-head snapper in Apocalypse Now. But it's his haunting images of conflict, suffering and the survival of the human spirit which will be his lasting legacy

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