Making a film can come with its unique challenges; a lot can go wrong, and in the case of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film Apocalypse Now, everything went horribly wrong.
Photojournalist Chas Gerretsen, who was invited to the sets of the movie to document and compare the set and the story to some of the real-life wars he had witnessed during his time, told the BBC during an interview, “Vietnam was insane; Apocalypse Now was only slightly less so.” If you read about the film’s shooting, or if you happen to watch the documentary, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, you’ll understand that the fact that the movie ever got completed in the first place is a miracle in itself. The name of the documentary is obviously…