Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
The magic and madness of making Apocalypse Now
The magic and madness of making Apocalypse Now
Documentary
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1991
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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.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
96 min
Release date:
6 Sep 1991
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$1,318,449
Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. 8 wins & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
As the portrait of an artist in crisis, Hearts of Darkness is unparalleled.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
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,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
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,
20 May 2003
fresh:
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,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
A fascinating 1991 postmortem on the making of Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
19 Nov 2007