Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Country: US
Technical: col 96m
Director: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
Documentary covering the development and production of Coppola's Apocalypse Now, during which the director finds his own destiny replicates that of his principal characters to an alarming degree.
Review:
Made up principally of footage shot by Coppola's wife during shooting, but also of interview footage filmed subsequently, this fascinating film not only documents what proved to be a paradigmatic case of 1970s producer-director self-indulgence, but also the contributive factors of a creative process that culminated in one of the boldest and most magnificently flawed masterpieces of that decade.
Country: US
Technical: col 96m
Director: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
Documentary covering the development and production of Coppola's Apocalypse Now, during which the director finds his own destiny replicates that of his principal characters to an alarming degree.
Review:
Made up principally of footage shot by Coppola's wife during shooting, but also of interview footage filmed subsequently, this fascinating film not only documents what proved to be a paradigmatic case of 1970s producer-director self-indulgence, but also the contributive factors of a creative process that culminated in one of the boldest and most magnificently flawed masterpieces of that decade.
Country: US
Technical: col 96m
Director: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
Documentary covering the development and production of Coppola's Apocalypse Now, during which the director finds his own destiny replicates that of his principal characters to an alarming degree.
Review:
Made up principally of footage shot by Coppola's wife during shooting, but also of interview footage filmed subsequently, this fascinating film not only documents what proved to be a paradigmatic case of 1970s producer-director self-indulgence, but also the contributive factors of a creative process that culminated in one of the boldest and most magnificently flawed masterpieces of that decade.