Excellent documentary chronicling the troubled production of my favorite movie. You can see Coppola slowly going mad as the filming runs into problem after problem.

Clever comparison of the Vietnam war to the production of the film (intentional) and of the novel's antagonist, Kurtz, to the masterpiece's director, Francis Ford Coppola (unintentional)

Interesting subject material, calmly presented, important. Good for those interested in film, and good for those interested in documentaries that aren't just talking heads and cut aways.

Would have made an interesting documentary if the movie had been made under normal circumstances, but the events that unfolded make it a fascinating one.

Provides a lot of insight into the creation of one of the best films I've ever seen. Always interesting, the documentary gives us a look inside the mind of Coppola as he's trying to keep his film together by the threads. Excellent documentary that will enhance the Apocalypse Now experience.

Coppola is a fascinating figure

A fascinating look at the production of Apocalypse Now, very well put together with some revealing moments and never lingering on any one aspect for too long. It's about as good as you can get for a behind-the-scenes documentary, especially with such a complicated and ambitious film as the setting. Still, not the kind of thing you're going to watch over and over.

The King of 'Making of'-documentaries.

"Hey can we film this scene?" "Nah sorry, our helicopters are off fighting rebels."

Sometimes crazy shit happens when movies get made, and sometimes we are lucky enough to have documentary footage of that crazy shit. I'm actually not a huge fan of Apocalypse Now but I appreciate it more after seeing this documentary.

I have good luck: all the films that I find deeply flawed, overblown and really overrated like Gone With the Wind or Lord of the Rings have incredibly fascinating stories behind them that are worth your while to look. Apocalypse Now is no exception. FCC's last word is about the air of "professionalism" in film-making; this whole documentary puts forward notions about the sheer absurdity of making a movie even with stringent production procedures. Just how do you put together something coherent?

Coppola almost killed his crew and himself while shooting Apocalypse Now. This Hearts of Darkness features impressive footage of this production, that was, as Francis says in the beginning of this doc, the Vietnam itself. It's also an essential register of the last years of the New Hollywood.

Yes, this is all very well and good, but when are they going to make the "Jack" documentary?

Coppola topless is the heart of darkness.

Interesting look at all the behind-the-scenes drama behind one of the most provocative features of the 70s. Although it's lost some of its punch now that a lot of the information has become public knowledge (e.g. Brando's late, crazy, and fat arrival), it's still pretty fascinating and knowing how close the film came to completely falling apart makes you appreciate it even more.

Pretty good stand-alone movie. Would have been the greatest special feature ever, if it was packaged with any DVD release of Apocalypse Now.

I am a sucker for movies about movies, so this one was a no-brainer...and it delievered the goods. Tons of really cool footage and stories about the making of what has to be one of the most ambitoius movies ever made. It was easy to see why the film ultimately ended up so chaotic and disjointed...these people were really coming apart at the seems. I only wish we got a scene with Harvey Keitel as Willard. To say that they shot with him and then not deliver any of that footage was pretty strange.

It's amazing that the film that came out of this project was good at all, much less a masterpiece.

Excellent documentary.

A revealing and fascinating look at the production of Apocalypse Now, a nightmarish production from which emerged the greatest film I've ever seen. Forget a masterpiece - the fact that Apocalypse Now was so much as watchable is the real miracle of the production. Everything about it was a mess, right down to FFC himself, who was completely disorganized and from the looks of it, could barely form a coherent thought. That he was able to form this material into a film is amazing.

Better than the film it documents.

Should have been a lot stronger considering the material