The original lead (Harvey Keitel) was fired after a week, and his replacement, Martin Sheen, eventually suffered a heart attack on set.
The documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse reveals that the filming of Apocalypse Now (a Vietnam War adaptation of the novella) was as chaotic as the story itself. 7. Hearts of Darkness (1)
A massive typhoon destroyed the sets, halting filming for three months. The original lead (Harvey Keitel) was fired after
In the opening section of Conrad's novella, the protagonist Charles Marlow recounts his journey into the Belgian Congo, setting a tone of moral ambiguity and impending doom. In the opening section of Conrad's novella, the
Marlow is a "frame narrator," meaning we hear his story second-hand, emphasizing that truth is often obscured by personal perspective and the "fascination of the abomination". Heart of Darkness Part 1, Section 1 Summary & Analysis