Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
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. (imdb)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Directed By: Eleanor Coppola, George Hickenlooper, Fax Bahr
Written By: George Hickenlooper, Fax Bahr
Starring: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper, Laurence Fishburne, Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Sam Bottoms, Colleen Camp, Orson Welles, Eleanor Coppola, John Milius, Tom Sternberg
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| Apr 28 | TestTest2 | 80 82% |
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| Apr 24 |  |
Rivette | 80 93% |
| Apr 15 |  |
juntakinte99 | 88 77% |
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Abed from Community is right: this is way better than Apocalypse Now. This is a perfect selection as a mandatory screening for film students beginning their education. However, Coppola's comment on losing his sanity (due to access to equipment, time, and money) could be seen as less a cautionary warning and more as reinforcement that you must be crazy to be a director. Kudos to his wife for recording some amazing conversations, which help make one of the best documentaries on filmmaking ever.
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arrow-s | 81 84% |
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sproost | 70 67% |
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Bunken | 80 88% |
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karlson | 75 61% |
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Highly recommended after seeing Apocalpyse Now.
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cendos | 80 82% |
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| Dec 28, 2020 | Atoz | 78 92% |
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jacobclark12 | 82 72% |
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Incredibly interesting behind-the-scenes look at one of my favorite films. There are some parts I wished it dived more into (in particular the struggles the film faced with Brando's arrival on set), but it answers a lot of questions about why the film feels the way it does and perhaps even regarding the course of Coppola's career after this film's release.
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Hard to fathom how such a project was ever undertaken, let alone realised.
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A less inspired version of Burden of Dreams, the way Apocalypse Now is a poor man's Herzog film.
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Amygo | 8 82% |
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Really great insight into the production of the film. I only wish the crew didn't think that the struggle to make a film is somewhat similar to the struggle of a man (even though fictional) fighting in a war -- an awkward comparison the people involved in the film constantly made. I guess such delusions of grandeur are a staple in Hollywood.
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| Dec 01, 2019 | blogfeed7 | 85 68% |
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PanStankevic | 81 54% |
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PrestoBix | 90 86% |
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glumpy_99 | 83 63% |
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Perfunctorily fascinating documentary is compelling by virtue of its raw footage; Coppola's suspiciously theatrical disintegration becomes the overriding narrative, but more terrifying is Sheen's apparent mental and physical collapse. Highlighted by Brando's appearance, living up to his 'larger than life' status in every sense of the term; as a film, it's a fairly standard compilation of material, though Eleanor's recordings as narration bring a nice and welcome intimacy.
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Luk92 | 85 85% |
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I don’t think it’s as good as the film itself, despite what some fans may say, but yeah, it was good. It’s great just as a piece of filmmaking history - they don’t make films like this anymore. There were all sorts of production troubles I didn’t know about, and it’s kinda insane that they even finished the film, let alone the fact that it became a masterpiece. Yeah, so, it didn’t blow me away, but I’m glad I watched it.
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(Viewed in 2014): The timing of this film was apt as it served as a reminder of both Coppola's decline and the general lack of ambition in contemporary Hollywood. Whether Apocalypse Now is a masterpiece or not is a matter of opinion. What's decidedly less subjective is that he was never the same director following its completion. As others have noted, there is an air of heroic masochism on display here, but it's a fascinating example of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.
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MaartenVC | 100 91% |
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frederic_g54 | 9 89% |
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A great behind the scenes look at one of the most insane productions in cinema history. But dear God, can you imagine if Lucas had directed Apocalypse Now as was originally intended? Thousands of CGI helicopters would've been added to The Ride of the Valkyries sequence for its 20th anniversary re-release and the Blu-ray version would've replaced Brando with Jabba the Hutt. "Chone manya weesh asha beecho, Willard, ho ho ho!"
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MintTangle | 75 38% |
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I was forced to watch this for a class after we read "Heart of Darkness," despite the fact that we never actually watched the movie this documentary covers. Despite that, I actually enjoyed this. It definitely made me want to watch "Apocalypse Now." I'll probably enjoy this documentary even more after that.
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KasperL | 80 86% |
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I don't know that it's a great film, but the Eleanor Coppola's surreptitious recordings of her husband while he was unraveling during the difficult shoot of 'Apocalypse Now' are a scoop.
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Better than the actual movie itself and displays the intended themes by not being constrained by holding up any illusion of fiction.
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Seen it, forgot most about it.
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