True Films 3.0 - Kevin Kelly

Hearts of Darkness
A film is like an invasion. Vietnam War’s most memorable film, Apocalypse
Now, like the war itself, nearly did in its creators. Francis Ford
Coppola’s wife filmed the director as his project sank deeper and deeper
into sheer, irretrievable chaos. This movie about the movie is just as
good as the movie.
By Eleanor Coppola
1991, 96 min.
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The despair and hopelessness of the
endeavor is evident in a snapshot (right)
of the director, Francis Coppola, as he
battles the broken arrows of set-destroying
typhoons, actors with heart attacks, and
a script that won’t end. The battle scenes
were actual battle scenes with a squad
of helicopters, napalm, explosions, and
things going awry.
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