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
Beyond the Darkness (film) the coffin Elena awakens, pushes the coffin open, and lets out a blood curdling scream. "Beyond the Darkness" was shot in two weeks in Bressanone and Campo Tures in late June and early July 1979. It is a remake of the film "The Third Eye". Joe D'Amato remade the film as "Beyond the Darkness", using a script actually written by Mino Guerrini's son, Giacomo Guerrini. On working with D'Amato, actress Franc Stoppi recalled him saying on set that "We're making a movie to make people throw up. We must make 'em vomit!" The special effects for the gore scenes in