# Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)

> An intimate chronicle of the chaos, ambition, and personal cost behind one of Hollywood’s most notoriously troubled productions.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/2620

## Facts

- Runtime: 96 min
- Genres: Documentary
- Director: George Hickenlooper, Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola
- Cast: Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Coppola, John Milius, George Lucas, Sam Bottoms, Albert Hall, Frederic Forrest, Laurence Fishburne
- TMDB rating: 7.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102015/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: intimate, tense, melancholic, film study, cinephile viewing

## Synopsis

A behind-the-scenes look at the chaos of filmmaking reveals the madness of artistic ambition.

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