Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Page #3
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who came back. Sh*t.
And he's nothing but a dope smoker,
and all he does is smoke dope.
He said, "Vietnam was the best thing
they could have done for my ass."
The Philippines has been chosen
as the location
because of its similarity
to the terrain in Vietnam.
Since the US Army
has refused to cooperate
with a movie about the Vietnam War,
Francis has made a deal with
Philippine President, Ferdinand Marcos.
The production will pay the military
thousands of dollars per day
as well as overtime
for the Philippine pilots.
In return, Francis can use
Marcos' entire fleet of helicopters
as long as they're not needed to fight
the communist insurgency in the south.
A band of rebels
for control of
the southern Philippine islands.
But the real phenomenon
of being in that situation,
being in the middle of that jungle
and dealing with all the unfriendly
elements that we were dealing with
was part of what the movie was about.
That was the first directorial decision
that put us all in a circumstance
that reflected, you know,
what the movie was about.
I gave him all the information
that we had developed
on shooting in the Philippines.
I said, "Francis,
it's one thing to go over there
"for three weeks with, like, five people
"and sort of scrounge a lot of footage
using the Philippine army.
"But if you go over there
as a big Hollywood production,
"they're gonna kill you, you know.
"The longer you stay,
the more in danger you are
"of getting sucked into the swamp. "
On March 1st, I came to the Philippines
with Francis and our three children,
Gio, 12, Roman, 10,
and Sofia, four.
Francis has asked me
to make a documentary film
for the United Artists
publicity department.
I don't know if he wants to avoid
the addition of a professional team
on an already-overloaded production
or if he's just trying to keep me busy.
The heat and humidity
are overwhelming.
It's the first time any of us
have seen water buffalo,
rice paddies and nipa huts.
Sofia said, "It looks like
the Disneyland jungle cruise. "
Today, I shot some footage
of the construction
at the main set, Kurtz's compound.
It is supposed to be
at the end of the river
where the character of Willard
will confront Kurtz.
Dean Tavoularis,
the production designer,
is orchestrating
the construction of the temple
each weighing 300 pounds.
There were 600 people
working on this thing.
In Hollywood or New York,
if you want another person,
it's quite a big deal.
With the fringes and their salary,
it's thousands of dollars.
So, for a dollar a day
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