Review of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) by Ignacio L — 10 Sep 2009

Very interesting "making of" documentary about the chaos governing the filming of Apocalypse now.

This review of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) was written by Ignacio L on 10 Sep 2009.

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse has generally received very positive reviews.

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