President Kurtz

By Oronte. In an undergrad class we recently finished a unit on three Heart of Darkness texts: the novella itself; the film Apocalypse Now; and Hearts of Darkness, the documentary made, in part, from footage shot by Eleanor Coppola as her husband struggled to finish Apocalypse. The interest is in how the book and films talk to each other, and what they have to say to our time. More...