Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
4,134
Documentary
The magic and madness of making "Apocalypse Now". "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" is a documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems--nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director. Eleanor Coppola was asked by her husband Francis to record the events leading up to the shooting of Apocalypse Now with a ... [+]
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"A fascinating 1991 postmortem on the making of Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now." | ||||
"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." | ||||
"There have been few sharper portraits of the film maker as alchemist than Hearts of Darkness: A Film Maker's Apocalypse." | ||||
"As the portrait of an artist in crisis, Hearts of Darkness is unparalleled." |
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