Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
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Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 24 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Synopsis: In the late 1970s director Francis Ford Coppola began filming his monumental Vietnam epic, APOCALYPSE NOW. Shot in the Philippines, the film would eventually take years to complete and include 238 days of principal photography, the lead actor's firing, the replacement star's heart... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Starring: Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper
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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
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11/20/07
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.
11/19/07
A fascinating 1991 postmortem on the making of Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now.
11/19/07
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There is something very carnal about watching the production fall apart and see the reputation of Coppola hang in the balance.
11/18/07
We come away from the documentary with a profound admiration for Coppola, if only because he didn’t kill himself or someone else.
04/09/07
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
12/08/06
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.
02/09/06
One of the best documentaries ever made, more fascinating an exploration of obsession than the film it's about.
11/04/03
There have been few sharper portraits of the film maker as alchemist than Hearts of Darkness: A Film Maker's Apocalypse.
05/20/03
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