Movie 203/1001 ~ Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

This film. made in 1990, chronicles the making of Apocalypse Now. It is shot with interviews of the cast and crew from the present as well as deleted scenes from the movie, scenes from the movie, behind the camera scenes, and conversations that Coppola had with his wife, that she had taped. It is interesting to see why the film went so notoriously overbudget and why Coppola put up so much of the money for the film by himself. They had to contend with monsoons, the Phillipine government constantly recalling their helicopters, actors health problems, and that Marlon Brando showed up overweight, unprepared, constantly arguing over everything, and all at the low price of one million dollars a week. I wish I could get away with that for anything. The movie is certainly as good as any making of documentary could possibly be, but I didn't find it particularly entertaining or memorable.

**1/2