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HappyHarryHardOn t1_j1z7q89 wrote

Do yourself a favor, forget the movie and watch "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse", a doc about the nightmarish making of this movie, narrated by his wife. It is, to many, far more engrossing than the actual movie

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KFC_SadnessBowl t1_j1z9z1z wrote

>forget the movie and watch "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse"
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>It is, to many, far more engrossing than the actual movie

This is such a film school answer.

It's also not wrong.

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TheRealDoomsong t1_j1zd2ia wrote

Lol, I was gonna say the same thing… this is the one occasion where it’s absolutely the better choice of viewing though… Hearts of Darkness is great

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Late_Recommendation9 t1_j1zsanf wrote

Does it work without the payoff of seeing the film and understanding what the artistic vision was going for though? I’m not sure, not to say the documentary isn’t engrossing.

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TheRealDoomsong t1_j20bvyl wrote

Personally I feel like you could watch the documentary without seeing the film and still have a superior experience, but that’s just based on my own experience. To me, watching the chaos happen during filming felt way more satisfying than the film itself.

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montynsc t1_j1zf3no wrote

“Ever see Hearts of Darkness? Wayyy better than Apocalypse Now.”

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