Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
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An intimate look at the making of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 classic Apocalypse Now, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse combines the usual documentary interviews with outtakes from the film and rare documentary footage, some shot on the set by Eleanor Coppola. Not long after the arrival of Francis Ford Coppola and crew in the Philippines, the shooting schedule begins spiraling out of control; the film's cost has soon far surpassed the original budget, with the ending still unwritten.
May 1, 1991 Wide
Nov 20, 2007
Showtime Network
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A fascinating 1991 postmortem on the making of Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now.
Top CriticAt 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.
The making of a film has never been documented with more penetration and truth than in Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse.
As the portrait of an artist in crisis, Hearts of Darkness is unparalleled.
Harrowing and funny, a fine film on its own, Hearts leaves us with a new appreciation for the Vietnam War epic it documents.
It's a mesmerizing portrait of a production spiraling out of control in the face of personal upheavals and natural disasters, and a filmmaker struggling to hold it together...
an utterly absorbing documentary
For a portrait of cinematic obsession and unbridled megalomania... one would be hard pressed to find a more satisfying piece of work than Hearts of Darkness
It does a good job of painting an honest portrait of out-of-control egos and the excess of Hollywood in the '70s, while also being informative and entertaining.
There is something very carnal about watching the production fall apart and see the reputation of Coppola hang in the balance.
We come away from the documentary with a profound admiration for Coppola, if only because he didn't kill himself or someone else.
This is an interesting docu but some important issues are missing, such as Coppola's infidelity during the shoot and the question of whether or not the chaos on the set had bearing on the artistic quality of Apocalypse Now, acknowledged as a masterpiece
A phenomenal documentary about one of the most notorious film shoots of all time.
One of the best documentaries ever made, more fascinating an exploration of obsession than the film it's about.
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Foreign Titles
- Hearts of Darkness - Reise ins Herz der Finsternis (DE)
- Hearts of Darkness (UK)
