7. Hearts Of Darkness (1) May 2026

The documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse reveals that the filming of Apocalypse Now (a Vietnam War adaptation of the novella) was as chaotic as the story itself.

In the opening section of Conrad's novella, the protagonist Charles Marlow recounts his journey into the Belgian Congo, setting a tone of moral ambiguity and impending doom. 7. Hearts of Darkness (1)

Director Francis Ford Coppola famously stated, "My film is not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam". The first phases of production in the Philippines were plagued by "logistical horrors". Production Disasters: The documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse