Review of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) by Frederic K — 01 Oct 2008

My favorite movie making documentery. Burden of Dreams is also really good.

This review of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) was written by Frederic K on 01 Oct 2008.

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

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