What is the name of the documentary about the making of the movie “Apocalypse Now”?”
“Hearts of Darkness” was released on November 27, 1991. Written and directed by Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper, the film’s complete title is “Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse.” As this title suggests, the focus of the documentary is director Francis Ford Coppola’s monumental struggles to get his film made. Coppola had problems with the cast, the location in the Philippines, the script, and more. The documentary is built around footage taken by Francis Ford Coppola’s wife, Eleanor during the maing of “Apocalypse Now,” providing a particularly intimate and personal view of the director’s trials.
“Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse” is a documentary about the making of “Apocalypse Now”. It was released in 1991. The film chronicles how production problems including bad weather, actors’ health and other issues delayed the film, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola. The title is comes from the the Joseph Conrad novella “Heart of Darkness” upon which “Apocalypse Now” is loosely based. The documentary uses some behind the scenes footage shot on the set of “Apocalypse Now” by director Francis Ford Coppola’s wife Eleanor Coppola. In 1990, Eleanor Coppola turned her material over to two young filmmakers George Hickenlooper and Fax Bahr who then shot new interviews with the original cast and crew and intercut them with her existing material. The film debuted at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
