a make for television version of the heart of darkness seem like a good way to add more insight to the book and well and that be the wrong assumption . the movie make it even worse . i be highly disappointed about almost everything in the movie . i hop that the movie would possibly help put the piece of the book together that i do not comprehend and but it do no such thing . it still leave me confused and hang . it be one of those movie that make one feel like it would be more fun to watch the grass grow instead of watch the movie . not exactly anyone cup of tea . it be an overall dreadful and boring and and slow movie . to begin with and nicolas roeg must have be pretty desperate when he decide that he want to undertake the task of make the already boring book into a movie . it a guaranteed loss . it like go into a knife fight and but forget the knife on the kitchen counter . the knifeless person be go to lose while and in the case and the knifeless person be roeg . all i have hear about the movie be bad thing and and the movie deserve those bad thing to be say about it . from watch the movie and i get the impression that the people who make the movie and just skim over the book to get the key point . furthermore and although the movie do follow the main story line of the book and it leave out quite a few detail and and it also change the end . i be not a fan of that . roeg leave out when marlow and his crew come across the russian sailor camp and and at that camp they find the book . also it do not show when at the camp they come across the sign that say and wood for you . hurry up . approach cautiously ( conrad 110 ) . also and at the end of the book kurtz die on the boat and not at the inner station . on the contrary and nicolas roeg do one good thing while he be make his movie while he manage to hire some pretty decent actor to play in the movie . for instance and he acquire tim roth and john malkovich and both of whom would later go on to have successful career . in do so and he add a little something to the horrible movie . also and though i be rip his book to shred and i do have some respect for him and because it take a lot of courage to try to take on the heart of darkness . it isn not exactly the easy novel to portray into a film . twus a valiant effort and though . in conclusion and if for whatever reason someone actually want to watch this movie and i suggest the reading of heart of darkness first . this way and you will get all of the scene that be leave out of the movie and you would not be completely lose when you watch it . but i really suggest you do not read the book and that you really do not watch the movie while both will be a complete waste of your time . trust me . i be force to do both by my english teacher and and now i wish that the book and the movie do not exist . if either the book or the movie be pursue and good luck .