Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
April 13, 2025 11:58 AM - Subscribe
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.
ooop... i swallowed a bug
posted by kokaku at 12:44 PM on April 13 [1 favorite]
posted by kokaku at 12:44 PM on April 13 [1 favorite]
Makes an excellent bookend with Burden of Dreams, by Les Blank, about the filming of Werner Herzogs' Fitzcarraldo.
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 4:26 PM on April 13 [2 favorites]
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 4:26 PM on April 13 [2 favorites]
It wasn't inherent genius that kept this film from being another Heaven's Gate. It was mostly luck.
And 'redux' has never been, and will never be, a real word.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 2:47 PM on April 14
And 'redux' has never been, and will never be, a real word.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 2:47 PM on April 14
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Is that genius or callous
posted by ginger.beef at 12:13 PM on April 13 [1 favorite]