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
Youth (Conrad short story) Youth (Conrad short story) "Youth" is an autobiographical short story by Joseph Conrad. Written in 1898, it was first published in "Blackwood's Magazine", and included as the first story in the 1902 volume "Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories". This volume also includes "Heart of Darkness" and "The End of the Tether", stories concerned with the themes of maturity and old age, respectively. "Youth" depicts a young man's first journey to the East. It is narrated by Charles Marlow who is also the narrator of "Lord Jim", "Chance", and "Heart of Darkness". The narrator's introduction suggests this is the