What was the inspiration for the movie Apocalypse Now?
Francis Ford Coppola's film "Apocalypse Now" was inspired by Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad about a European named Kurtz who penetrated to the farthest reaches of the Congo and established himself like a god. A boat sets out to find him, and on the journey the narrator gradually loses confidence in orderly civilization; he is oppressed by the great weight of the jungle all around him, a pitiless Darwinian testing ground in which each living thing tries every day not to be eaten.
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elizawheeler
The true winner of life is death. That is unless you believe that physical death leads to something more. All things that live will die. What comes next is a mystery, and a matter of faith.
Char
Richard D. Boyle, ok that's why I never heard of it
Char
Never heard of the book...not my type of reading though I watched the movies
Howard Groopman
One of those "easy if you know it" questions.
earlepg
Richard D. Boyle, I read it many decades ago and remember it as a rather thin paperback.
JohnnyRoulette
The movie, for once, was better. But both were good
illonabird
Generally considered to be one of the greatest films ever made.
Richard D. Boyle
Heart of Darkness is not a novel. It is a long short story or it could also be classified as a short novella. The typical novel runs about 300 to 400 pages on average. HoD is usually found in collections of short stories running 75 to 80 pages.
DannyBoy
Got it.