Jan
11
2010
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse is a documentary about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. Coppola fired his lead actor after several weeks of shooting, his replacement lead actor had a heart attack half way through the 238-day shoot, hurricanes destroyed his sets, army helicopters were called away in the middle of [...]
Tags: 4 Star Movies, Eleanor Coppola, Fax Bahr, Francis Ford Coppola, George Hickenlooper, Harrison Ford, Laurence Fishburne, Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen
May
02
2009
The holy grail of production design and cinematography, Blade Runner is magnificent, brilliant and spectacular — to look at. The most compelling scenes are the moments when you can see the replicants thinking about their humanity and their existence. If more of the film had lived up to the potential in those scenes, Blade Runner [...]
Tags: 4 Star Movies, Criterion Collection, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos, Harrison Ford, Joanna Cassidy, M. Emmet Walsh, Philip K. Dick, Ridley Scott, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young