Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Page #3

Synopsis: Documents the sensational events surrounding the making of Apocalypse Now (1979)' and Francis Ford Coppola's struggle with nature, governments, actors, and self-doubt. Includes footage and sound secretly recorded by Eleanor Coppola, wife of Francis.
Genre: Documentary
Production: Showtime Network
  Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
R
Year:
1991
96 min
755 Views


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

has been waging a fierce war

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

a decaying Cambodian temple

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

out of dried adobe blocks,

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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