Fresh
A fascinating 1991 postmortem on the making of Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
The magic and madness of making Apocalypse Now
1991 · 1h 36m · R
Documentary
Directed by
Fax Bahr
,
George Hickenlooper
,
Eleanor Coppola
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Overview
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
Director and cast
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At once anecdotal and revealing, this excellent film both illuminates the catastrophes that beset one particular project, and shows, by way of comparison, exactly what American film has foregone since the '70s.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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There have been few sharper portraits of the film maker as alchemist than Hearts of Darkness: A Film Maker's Apocalypse.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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The making of a film has never been documented with more penetration and truth than in Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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As the portrait of an artist in crisis, Hearts of Darkness is unparalleled.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
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