Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:23
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
US Box Office: $0
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... [More]
Starring: Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper
Director: George Hickenlooper, Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola
Reviews for Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
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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 Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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A fascinating 1991 postmortem on the making of Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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We come away from the documentary with a profound admiration for Coppola, if only because he didn’t kill himself or someone else. Full Review |
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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 Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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A phenomenal documentary about one of the most notorious film shoots of all time.
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One of the best documentaries ever made, more fascinating an exploration of obsession than the film it's about.
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There have been few sharper portraits of the film maker as alchemist than Hearts of Darkness: A Film Maker's Apocalypse. Full Review |
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Hearts of Darkness gives a privileged glimpse of the artist's hell, but it also says something about grace. Full Review |
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