KFC_SadnessBowl t1_j1z9z1z wrote on December 28, 2022 at 2:47 PM

Reply to comment by HappyHarryHardOn in Did I make a mistake watching the final cut of Apocalypse Now? by [deleted]

>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.

TheRealDoomsong t1_j1zd2ia wrote on December 28, 2022 at 3:10 PM

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

Late_Recommendation9 t1_j1zsanf wrote on December 28, 2022 at 4:56 PM

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.

TheRealDoomsong t1_j20bvyl wrote on December 28, 2022 at 7:04 PM

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.