Premium Member Wendell_Greene Posted October 20, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted October 20, 2007 "Hearts of Darkness", the great behind the scenes documentary film about director Francis Ford Coppola and the troubled production of Apocalypse Now, will finally be released on DVD November 20, 2007. Distribution of the DVD will be via Paramount. The DVD will reportedly include a narration track by Francis Coppola and his wife Eleanor. The disc will also feature Eleanor's Coda: Thirty Years Later, a follow-up documentary on the whole production and it's aftermath. Sadly, the DVD doesn't include audio commentary by director George Hickenlooper or Fax Bahr. You can read Hickenlooper's comments on the subject here: Hollywood Elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Bowerbank Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 In my opinion, this documentary of the "making of" is even more insane than the film itself. My favorite moment was one instance where the helicopters had to leave and go to battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugs Haller Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I've been waiting for this for what seems like forever. The movie and the doc are both amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Max Jacoby Posted October 24, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted October 24, 2007 I've had a dvd of this for years, a very nice projectionist made me a copy from his laserdisc. This making of is hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Bowerbank Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I've had a dvd of this for years, a very nice projectionist made me a copy from his laserdisc. This making of is hilarious! It's really interesting to see Coppola on the verge of completely losing his mind. Anybody would after working on the same narrative film for over 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Wendell_Greene Posted November 18, 2007 Author Premium Member Share Posted November 18, 2007 Caveat emptor. Early Reviews of Hearts of Darkness DVD are NOT good: DVD Talk - Review DVD Beaver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Taylor Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 The reason the picture quality is "poor since the footage was shot with 16mm cameras." That's what DVD Beaver says, anyways. Sigh. I'm all for the 1st and freedom of speech and all the other good stuff, but when people write as a profession and do so believing that they are doing so for the benefit of their readers it would be pure nirvana if they knew what they are talking about before "educating" their minions. This is even more true in a film community. This guy, "Eddie Fing," is writing about a film and acts like he knows a thing about film production but looses credibiltiy with what I guess is a fact in his book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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