Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse is a 1991 American documentary film about the production of "Apocalypse Now," the 1979 Vietnam War epic directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The title is derived from the Joseph Conrad novella "Heart of Darkness", the source material for "Apocalypse Now". Using behind-the-scenes footage, and narrated by Eleanor Coppola, the documentary chronicles how production problems—among them bad weather, actors' poor health, and other issues—delayed the film, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of its director, her husband, Francis Ford Coppola. In 1990, Coppola turned her material
Darkness on the Edge of Town truths in hard rock settings" made for a less accessible work than "Born to Run". "Rolling Stone" later wrote that the album was the E Street Band's best performance, "colored by the raw sound happening at the time". In 2003, it was ranked at number 151 on "Rolling Stone"s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. According to Acclaimed Music, "Darkness on the Edge of Town" is the 103rd most frequently ranked record on critics' all-time lists. A box set reissue entitled The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story was released on November 16, 2010.